Dozens of US troops have been deployed to Cyprus amid sharply escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, and they are preparing for a range of contingencies including a possible evacuation operation from Lebanon for US citizens should a full-blown war erupt, two US officials told CNN.
TL;DR We sent troops into the area, Israel basically said “please don’t send troops over here”, we were like “okay buddy” while also putting 2k troops on notice to be ready to mobilize, and then the US and Hezbollah began firing at each other. Since then, Hezbollah has been more and more active as the Israel-Hamas War rages on.
This was back when I was following the conflict more closely:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-announce-new-assistance-israel-after-hamas-attack-2023-10-08/
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/10/12/white-house-rules-out-us-combat-troops-inside-israel-war-rages.html
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/10/17/u-s--putting-troops-on-prepare-to-deploy-order-amid-israel-hamas-war
https://time.com/6328458/military-base-attacks-middle-east-israel-iran/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/900-us-troops-heading-middle-east-bolster-defenses-attacks-surge-2023-10-26/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-strikes-back-iranian-backed-groups-attacked-troops/story?id=104396399
TL;DR We sent troops into the area, Israel basically said “please don’t send troops over here”, we were like “okay buddy” while also putting 2k troops on notice to be ready to mobilize, and then the US and Hezbollah began firing at each other. Since then, Hezbollah has been more and more active as the Israel-Hamas War rages on.