Cargo planes transported large quantities of weapons and ammunition to Israel, and others transported many forces to countries in the Middle East, including rapid intervention forces for the possible evacuation of Western citizens in the event that Hezbollah joins the war, and American forces near Iran.

The United States, Britain, and other Western countries deployed offensive, defensive, and logistical forces in the eastern Mediterranean, in anticipation of the expansion of the war on Gaza, the accession of Hezbollah, and an escalation of a regional war, and to provide aid to Israel in the event that it is exposed to widespread missile attacks, and the evacuation of thousands of Western citizens, according to what public sources said.

The United States transported weapons and ammunition to Israel using 20 large cargo planes and about 50 chartered civilian cargo planes, Israeli and foreign, from military bases in the United States and Europe and from other logistical centers. These planes transported artillery shells and interceptor missiles to air defense systems, according to the US Army. The Israeli Ministry of Security reported that advanced ammunition and other military equipment were transported by planes that landed at Ben Gurion and Ramon airports near Eilat and at the Nebatim air force base. It is likely that the United States is transferring weapons and ammunition to its emergency warehouses in Israel and other countries in the region.

As of Tuesday morning, more than 25 giant American cargo planes have landed at the “Muwafaq Salti” base of the Jordanian Air Force in southern Amman, where many American forces are present, according to public sources. Squadrons of American F-15E combat aircraft, which are usually deployed in Britain, were deployed there, as well as a special one transferred from the Aglin base in Florida. Nine German cargo planes also landed at the Jordanian base in the last two weeks.

In anticipation of the expansion of the Gaza war: a large American and Western military deployment in the region

Cargo planes transported large quantities of weapons and ammunition to Israel, and others transported many forces to countries in the Middle East, including rapid intervention forces for the possible evacuation of Western citizens if Hezbollah joins the war, and American forces near Iran.

The United States, Britain, and other Western countries deployed offensive, defensive, and logistical forces in the eastern Mediterranean, in anticipation of the expansion of the war on Gaza, the accession of Hezbollah, and an escalation of a regional war, and to provide aid to Israel in the event that it is exposed to widespread missile attacks, and the evacuation of thousands of Western citizens, according to what public sources said.

The United States transported weapons and ammunition to Israel using 20 large cargo planes and about 50 chartered civilian cargo planes, Israeli and foreign, from military bases in the United States and Europe and from other logistical centers. These planes transported artillery shells and interceptor missiles to air defense systems, according to the US Army. The Israeli Ministry of Security reported that advanced ammunition and other military equipment were transported by planes that landed at Ben Gurion and Ramon airports near Eilat and at the Nebatim air force base. It is likely that the United States is transferring weapons and ammunition to its emergency warehouses in Israel and other countries in the region.

As of Tuesday morning, more than 25 giant American cargo planes have landed at the “Muwafaq Salti” base of the Jordanian Air Force in southern Amman, where many American forces are present, according to public sources. Squadrons of American F-15E combat aircraft, which are usually deployed in Britain, were deployed there, as well as a special one transferred from the Aglin base in Florida. Nine German cargo planes also landed at the Jordanian base in the last two weeks.

A larger deployment of Western forces and weapons appears to be underway in Cyprus. More than 40 American cargo planes, 20 British cargo planes, and 7 giant cargo helicopters landed at the British Akrotiri base in Cyprus. Military equipment, ammunition and troops were transferred to it.

Four Dutch cargo planes transported to Cyprus about two hundred marines and rapid intervention forces, in preparation for the possibility of emergency evacuation of Dutch citizens from countries in the region, in the event of a widespread war erupting if Hezbollah enters the war.

Germany sent four cargo planes and special forces for rapid intervention, and Canada sent several cargo planes in preparation for the possible evacuation of its citizens. Other countries also sent such planes to Cyprus, but their number was smaller, according to the same sources.

In recent days, special flights arrived in Lebanon transporting members of the American, Canadian, British, German, Spanish, Dutch and Italian air forces, and some of them landed at a base for the Lebanese Army Special Forces near Tripoli. It seems that the goal is to prepare for the possibility of a large evacuation of the citizens of these countries from Lebanon in the event that the war in Gaza expands and includes Hezbollah.

In the past two weeks, the United States has deployed large forces near Iran, including squadrons of F-16 and A-10 fighter aircraft in the Arabian Gulf, and they have been joined in recent days by about 20 refueling aircraft in the air that were brought from the United States.

According to the same sources, dozens of American cargo planes landed in Iraq, Qatar and Bahrain as well. The US Department of Defense announced that it had installed a THAAD battery to intercept ballistic missiles and Patriot batteries, without revealing its location yet.

This force was added to the American aircraft carrier "Ford" anchored west of Cyprus, carrying 80 combat aircraft, electronic combat and espionage systems, and five missile-carrying ships, including two ships that headed to the Red Sea, one of which intercepted missiles launched by the Houthis from Yemen towards Israel.

The aircraft carrier "Eisenhower" entered the Mediterranean with three missile-carrying ships last Saturday, and is heading to the eastern Mediterranean. It is not clear whether it will later head to the Arabian Sea region.

Two other ships, the USS Carter Hall and the USS Mesa Verde, which are two floating ports serving the US Marine Corps, will be used as advanced naval bases for Western forces in the region. The first ship was seen the day before yesterday in southern Sinai in the Red Sea, and the second west of Cyprus. . There are approximately two thousand marines on these two ships, in order to carry out rapid intervention missions to evacuate citizens and ground attacks in the event that the scope of the war expands.