Iran live updates: Part of 82nd Airborne Division headed to Middle East, source says
Part of the 82nd Airborne is set to deploy to the Middle East soon, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The source said the mobilization will include ground forces and a headquarters element, which oversees logistics and planning, and expected to leave “soon,” once they have received orders which are being developed Tuesday.
A brigade — about 3,000 soldiers — of the 82nd is constantly on standby as the Immediate Response Force, tasked to be able to deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours.
The division specializes in seizing contested territory by parachuting out of airplanes. The 82nd is light infantry — meaning they do not come with any tanks or other large vehicles.
The 82nd Airborne Division is based out of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and co-located with Pope Air Force Base.
1 dead in northern Israel
One person is dead and two others were injured in northern Israel after Hezbollah fired more missiles, according to Israel’s emergency medical service.
At least 21 people have been killed in Israel since the start of the war.
Hezbollah says it will fight any Israeli move to occupy south Lebanon, calls it existential threat
Hezbollah said it would fight any Israeli move to occupy southern Lebanon, saying “it has always sought to occupy the south of Litani area and annex it,” Hezbollah’s lawyer, Hassan Fadlallah, said in a statement Tuesday.
“Now, we are facing Israeli aggression. We are in a defensive situation. The resistance fighters are battling in that area to prevent Israel from achieving this objective. This poses an existential threat to Lebanon as a state and to its geographically defined borders recognized internationally. Therefore, we have no choice but to confront this aggression and cling to the land,” Fadlallah said.
Pakistan offers to host US-Iran if they agree to sit for talks
Pakistan is ready to “facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks” to end the conflict in the Middle East, “subject to” an agreement from the U.S. and Iran to hold discussions, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a post on X Tuesday.
“Subject to concurrence by the US and Iran, Pakistan stands ready and honoured to be the host to facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks for a comprehensive settlement of the ongoing conflict,” Sharif said.
President Donald Trump later reposted the prime minister’s post on his Truth Social account.
