Hello, everyone.

I'm Dana Perino, along with Judge Jeanine Piro, Harold Ford Jr., Jesse Waters, and Greg

Gutfeld.

It's 5 o'clock in New York City.

This is the five.

American troops order to be ready to deploy, as Israel prepares for a ground invasion of

Gaza.

That could begin at any moment, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin putting select U.S.

forces on standby, saying they have 24 hours notice should Israel need them.

The Wall Street Journal reporting that around 2,000 troops could be tasked with advising

and medical support and would not have combat roles.

And as that news breaks this afternoon, the fighting continues to raise between Israel

and Hamas for a 10th straight day, Israeli forces striking the terrorists from the air.

And Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah has been firing at Israeli military bases

along Isborder with Lebanon.

Iran has been threatening to intervene if Israel goes through with their ground offensive

in Gaza.

But President Biden says Tehran better not do it.

Is Iran behind the Gaza war?

I don't want to get into the classified information, but to be very blunt with you, there's no clear

evidence of that.

Iran constantly supports Hamas and Hezbollah.

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