US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran -- Arutz Sheva
Egypt allowed at least one Israeli and 11 American warships to pass through the Suez Canal as an Iranian flotilla approaches Gaza. Egypt closed the canal to protect the ships with thousands of soldiers, according to the British-based Arabic language newspaper Al Quds al-Arabi.
One day prior to the report on Saturday, Voice of Israel government radio reported that the Egyptian government denied an Israeli request not to allow the Iranian flotilla to use the Suez Canal to reach Gaza, in violation of the Israeli sea embargo on the Hamas-controlled area.
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My Comment: I suspect that this positioning of naval assets is for the boarding and inspecting of ships that are coming from and/or going to Iran. Since Iran has already threatened to retaliate in the event that any of their ships are inspected, this repositioning of U.S. navy assets should not be a surprised.
The big question that needs to be answered is .... in the event that ships from Iran are boarded by U.S. forces for inspection .... will Iran retaliate militarily using their forces in the Persian Gulf .... or will they use their proxies in Hamas and Hezbolah.
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