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According to a statement released by the US Department of Defense on August 11 local time, US Secretary of Defense Austin had a phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Galant that day.

Austin reiterated during the call that the United States will take all possible measures to "defend" Israel. He said that in view of the escalating tensions in the Middle East, the United States will strengthen its military deployment and capabilities in the Middle East.

Austin said that he had ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group equipped with F-35C fighter jets to accelerate its transfer to the US Central Command area of ​​responsibility to cooperate with the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group. In addition, Austin has ordered the USS Georgia cruise missile nuclear submarine (SSGN-729) to the Central Command area.

The whereabouts of U.S. missile submarines are rarely made public, and the whereabouts of nuclear-powered submarines are almost completely confidential. Outside analysis shows that the U.S. announcement of the movement of nuclear submarines is a clear deterrent signal to Iran and its proxies.

USS Georgia (SSGN-729)

According to a report by the Global Times citing Reuters and Axios News Network on the 11th local time, two sources revealed that the latest assessment of the Israeli intelligence community showed that Iran has decided to directly attack Israel and may launch an attack in the next few days in response to the killing of Haniyeh, leader of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in Tehran.

Israel's latest intelligence assessment suggests the attack could take place before ceasefire talks in the Gaza Strip scheduled for Thursday (15th), which could affect the negotiations driven by the United States, Qatar and Egypt.

The Global Times quoted the Times of Israel as saying that the assessment report also pointed out that there were differences between the Iranian president and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the intensity of the response. A source with direct knowledge of the intelligence said that because there are still divisions within Iran, the situation "remains unstable."