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\n The US military is flying surveillance drones over Gaza as part of American efforts to help Israel locate the more than 240 hostages still held by the terror group Hamas, according to multiple US officials familiar with the matter.\n <\/p>\n

\n The drones are part of a surge of intelligence assets sent to the region in the days and weeks following the October 7 attack on Israel, which caught both Israeli and US intelligence services by surprise.\n <\/p>\n

\n Two other US drones \u2014\u00a0both MQ-9 Reapers, one of the US\u2019s most sophisticated drones primarily used for surveillance \u2014\u00a0were also flying off the coast of Lebanon over the weekend, according to one source familiar with the effort and flight tracker data reviewed by CNN.\u00a0The US is closely monitoring for any signs that Lebanese Hezbollah \u2014\u00a0or any other Iranian proxy force \u2014\u00a0may seek to escalate the simmering tensions rippling across the region.\n <\/p>\n

\n The New York Times first reported on the use of US drones in the region.\n <\/p>\n

\n Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder confirmed on Friday that the US is flying drones over Gaza.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIn support of hostage recovery efforts, the U.S. is conducting unarmed UAV flights over Gaza,\u00a0as well as providing advice and assistance to support our Israeli partner as they work on their hostage recovery efforts,\u201d he said. \u201cThese UAV flights began after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s not clear how helpful the imagery gathered by the overhead flights in Gaza will be in locating hostages, since they are widely believed to be held in the vast network of underground tunnels, some former intelligence officials said.\u00a0Of the 240 hostages still held by Hamas, 10 of them are believed to be Americans.\n <\/p>\n

\n US officials insisted that the intelligence gathered by the drones and shared with Israel is limited to hostage recovery efforts and is not so-called \u201ctargeting intelligence\u201d \u2014\u00a0information used to conduct lethal strikes against Hamas leaders and positions.\n <\/p>\n

\n US special operations personnel inside Israel have also been advising the Israel Defense Forces on hostage recovery efforts, as the US separately has been providing bombs and other lethal aid.\u00a0The Biden administration also dispatched three-star Marine Corps general James Glynn to counsel the IDF on planning its tactical assault on Gaza, but he has since returned to the US.\n <\/p>\n

\n But Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen.\u00a0Pat Ryder\u00a0said on Thursday that those forces and the US military broadly are \u201cnot participating in IDF target development\u201d or \u201chelping them run their campaign\u201d in Gaza.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe the US military are not participating in IDF target development, helping them run their campaign \u2014\u00a0just to be crystal clear that it is their operation,\u201d Ryder said. \u201cThat planning element is providing planning and intelligence support as it relates to hostage recovery.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Still,\u00a0several of these officials acknowledged to CNN that that the information gathered by the drones that the US shares with Israel could also be helpful in tracking Hamas\u2019s activities beyond holding hostages.\n <\/p>\n

\n Israel has been pounding Gaza with airstrikes for weeks, drawing international criticism that it has been insufficiently mindful of the risk to civilians trapped in the blockaded enclave.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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