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  American officials said that the US Army is taking new steps to protect its forces in the Middle East, with growing concerns about attacks on its bases, and leaves the door open to the possibility of evacuating military families if necessary.
The measures include increasing US military patrols, restricting access to base facilities, and increasing intelligence gathering, including through drones and other surveillance operations, officials told Reuters.
They added that the US Army is enhancing surveillance from guard towers on US military installations, enhancing security measures at access points to bases, and increasing operations to confront potential incoming drones, missiles and missiles. The agency indicated that the new package of force protection measures had not been announced before. According to what was reported by the Youm7 website in Cairo.
“With the increasing number of attacks and attempted attacks on US military sites, continuous review of procedures to protect our forces is critical,” US Army General Michael Eric Kurella, head of US Central Command, said in a statement to Reuters.
Kurella, who supervises US forces in the Middle East, said that steps have already been taken to increase force protection measures, as well as the deployment of additional US military assets to the region in recent days, which have prevented more serious losses among US forces in the theater of operations.
According to the report, a number of US bases have been repeatedly targeted since the start of the conflict between Israel and Gaza on October 7. The attacks have caused minor injuries to four US service members so far and five other US military personnel.
The military official did not specifically mention what might lead to the evacuation of the families of American military personnel, who were deployed to sites in the Middle East, but he said: “We are constantly reviewing the matter and we believe that the threat is escalating to a level that threatens the families of our service members in the region. We must be careful.” .
Senior Biden administration officials, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, have warned of the risk of a major escalation in attacks on US forces in the Middle East. near".