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Hegseth says Gulf allies are ‘going on the offense’ against Iran; US will determine pace of conflict
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to indicate that some Arab states could join the US-Israeli strikes on Iran: “The only thing that is widening is our advantage. Not to mention our Gulf allies stepping up even more now, going on the offense.”
US President Donald Trump, he says, “will determine the pace, tempo and timing of this conflict…America First, Peace through Strength in action.”
Today, he says, will once again be the day with the highest number of sorties carried out by US bombers in the two-week-old campaign.
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