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The US will ship warships and fighter jets to the Center East to assist defend Israel amid rising fears of a battle with Iran and its proxies.
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin mentioned Navy cruisers and destroyers – which might shoot down ballistic missiles – in addition to fighter jets, can be deployed to the area to help Israel.
It comes after Iran vowed to precise “harsh punishment” on Israel following the suspected assassination of Hamas’s chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in a blast in Tehran on Thursday.
The demise of the 62-year-old got here simply hours after Israel claimed it had killed prime Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in an airstrike on a Beirut, Lebanon, in the identical week.
Gaza’s Hamas and Hezbollah (which controls southern Lebanon) type a part of Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance” – which opposes Western and Israeli affect within the area.
Israel has not claimed duty for Haniyeh’s demise, however officers have beforehand warned they’d goal all Hamas leaders liable for the 7 October assault on southern Israel that triggered Israel’s struggle in Gaza.
The Pentagon mentioned: “Mr Austin has ordered changes to US army posture designed to enhance US drive safety, to extend help for the protection of Israel, and to make sure the USA is ready to answer numerous contingencies.”
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah additionally mentioned it was trying right into a response to the killing of its chief Fuad Shukr, saying the conlift had “entered a brand new section that’s totally different from the earlier interval”.
“Do they count on that Hajj Ismail Haniyeh shall be killed in Iran and Iran will stay silent?” he mentioned of the Israelis. Addressing Israelis who celebrated the 2 killings, he mentioned, “Chortle a bit and you’ll cry so much.”
However as he typically does, Nasrallah stored his feedback imprecise, vowing a “very properly studied retaliation” with out saying what type it might take. He mentioned solely that Israel “must watch for the anger of the area’s honorable individuals.
“The enemy and the one who’s behind the enemy [an apparent reference to Israel’s chief ally, the United States] must watch for our coming response.”
The US army has stepped-up deployments earlier than, on 13 April when Iran launched an assault on Israel with drones and missiles. Israel and its allies shot down virtually all of roughly 300 drones and missiles that have been fired.
No less than 10 Palestinians have been killed on Saturday in an Israeli strike on a college sheltering displaced individuals in Gaza Metropolis’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, the Hamas run-government media workplace mentioned.
Within the occupied West Financial institution, a Hamas commander and 4 Islamic Jihad fighters have been additionally killed in an Israeli airstrike, in accordance with the militant group.
No less than 39,550 Palestinians have been killed within the Israeli army marketing campaign in Gaza. The offensive was triggered by a Hamas assault on southern Israel on 7 October by which 1,200 individuals have been killed and 250 kidnapped.
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