Australia to deploy additional ADF personnel and aircraft to the
Middle-East

More Australian troops will be sent to the Middle East to help
evacuate Australians from the conflict zone amid concerns the war is
only in its early stages.

The government will deploy more Australian military forces to the
Middle East in response to the deepening war crisis in Gaza.

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles announced on Wednesday two
additional RAAF planes and a small detachment of army personnel has
been flown to the region as a precautionary measure.

"We're not saying we're in the Middle East for operational reasons,
but we are putting that in place, really, as a contingency to support Australian populations," Mr Marles said on the Today show.

"Bearing in mind that this is a very volatile situation and we just
don't absolutely know which way it goes from here."


https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/australia-to-deploy-additional-adf-personnel-and-aircraft-to-the-middleeast/news-story/0e3a831aec58b9dbe8ffef2bfff1c47b

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