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Source: Reference News CCTV News Client

The United States urgently dispatched an aircraft carrier battle group

According to Cankao Xiaoxi, based on reports from CNN and AFP on August 2,The United States is sending an aircraft carrier battle group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as Iran prepares to retaliate for the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said in a statement.

The statement said:"The Secretary of Defense has ordered changes to the U.S. military posture to improve protection for the U.S. Armed Forces, increase support for Israel's defense, and ensure the United States is prepared for a variety of possible scenarios."

In addition, the United States will send ballistic missile defense destroyers and cruisers to the Middle East and the Mediterranean.The statement did not specify which warships the United States would send, but two U.S. destroyers participated in intercepting Iran's fierce air strikes on Israel in the eastern Mediterranean in April.

Austin also ordered a fighter squadron to be deployed in the region, Singh said in the statement. "As we demonstrated in October and April, America's global defense system is dynamic, and the Department of Defense maintains the ability to rapidly deploy to respond to evolving national security threats."

The report said that the United States has deployed the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship in the region, which is carrying out missions with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and can evacuate American citizens in Lebanon if necessary.

The report mentioned that Iran has vowed to retaliate against Israel for the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Israel has not yet commented on the assassination.

Hezbollah in Lebanon claims to have fired rockets, Israeli army says it bombed launch site
According to CCTV News, on August 2, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army continued to exchange fire in the area of ​​the temporary border between Lebanon and Israel. According to Lebanese news on the 2nd, Hezbollah militants shelled Israeli soldiers near the village of Dahira on the temporary border between Lebanon and Israel, and fired rockets at Israeli positions in northern Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces responded on August 2 that all rockets fired by Hezbollah militants did not enter Israel and the attack caused no casualties. They also said that the Israeli army launched drone attacks on Hezbollah militants who fired rockets at Israel and carried out air strikes on Hezbollah weapons launch sites.
According to Lebanese media reports on the 2nd, two villages in northeastern Lebanon near the Syrian border were attacked by Israeli air strikes that night, but the air strikes did not cause any casualties.Israeli media said this was one of Israel's most in-depth attacks on Lebanon during this round of conflict.