Lloyd Austin ordered the submarine to the Middle East and ordered the aircraft carrier to face
The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Lloyd Austin, ordered a guided missile submarine in the Middle East and asked the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft attack group to go more quickly to the area, the Ministry of Defense he said on Sunday. The moves come as the United States and other allies push for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal that could help ease rising tensions in the region following the assassination of Hamas politician Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and a Hezbollah commander in Beirut. Officials are seeking revenge attacks from Iran and Hezbollah for the killings, and the United States has increased its presence in the region.
Major General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement that Austin spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant earlier in the day and reiterated the commitment of the United States to take all possible measures to protect Israel and that seemed to strengthen the posture and military capabilities of the United States as a whole. the Middle East in view of the escalation of regional tensions. The Lincoln, which is based in the Asia-Pacific region, had already been ordered to the region to replace the attack group of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is expected to start returning from the Middle East. Last week, Austin said the Lincoln will arrive in the Central Command area by the end of the month. It was unclear Sunday what his latest order meant, or how soon Lincoln might reach the Middle East. The aircraft carrier has F-35 fighter jets on board, as well as F/A-18 fighters that are also on the aircraft carrier. Ryder has not yet said how soon the USS Georgia guided-missile submarine will arrive in the region. He said Austin and Gallant also discussed Israeli military operations in Gaza and the importance of limiting harm to civilians. The call comes a day after an Israeli air strike hit a shelter-turned-school in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding nearly 50 others, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the attacks more lethal in the war Israel and Hamas.
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