Top U.S. officials tell us the threats of a war widening from the Gaza Strip are real and rising, forcing the Pentagon to put more U.S. forces on higher alert for quick deployment and rush additional weapons systems to the region.
This comes three short days after "Behind the Curtain" outlined five simultaneous global threats rattling top U.S. officials: Israeli-Hamas, the Russia-China axis, North Korea, Iran's saber-rattling and weaponized fake videos hitting every battlefield.
Why it matters: Red-hot rhetoric by Israel and Iran — including publicly threatening to widen the war — has U.S. officials on edge.
"It's quite a dangerous situation," a senior administration official told us. "It could all veer off the rails really quickly. The whole region could be in conflict."
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