Israeli Defense Minister says Iran will attack, US Defense Secretary asks aircraft carrier battle group to speed up
2024-08-12
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As the United States claims to be pushing for a cooling of tensions in the Middle East, the Pentagon announced that it is deploying submarines and aircraft carriers to the region. According to reports from the Associated Press and the Jerusalem Post on the 12th, the U.S. Department of Defense said on August 11 local time that U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin has ordered a missile nuclear submarine to be sent to the Middle East and asked the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier battle group to speed up to the region.
US Secretary of Defense Austin Source: Visual China
The Associated Press pointed out that at the same time, the United States and its allies said they were pushing Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to reach a ceasefire agreement. Recently, the leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, Haniyeh, was assassinated in Iran, and a senior commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah was killed in an attack in Beirut. The two major assassinations have led to increased tensions in the Middle East, and a ceasefire agreement may help ease tensions.
Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement on the 11th that Austin had a call with Israeli Defense Minister Galant earlier that day, reaffirming the US commitment to "take all possible measures to defend Israel and pointed out that in view of the escalating regional tensions, the United States is strengthening its military throughout the Middle East." The Jerusalem Post quoted a source familiar with the content of the call as saying that Galant told Austin that Iran's military preparations showed that Iran was preparing to launch a major attack on Israel.
According to the Associated Press, the USS Lincoln, which had been stationed in the Asia-Pacific region, has been ordered to the Middle East to replace the USS Roosevelt, which plans to return to the United States. Austin said last week that the USS Lincoln will arrive in the area under the responsibility of the US Central Command at the end of this month.
It is not clear what Austin's latest order on the 11th means specifically, nor is it clear how quickly the Lincoln, which carries F-35 fighters and F/A-18 fighters, will sail to the Middle East. Ryder also did not specify how quickly the USS Georgia missile nuclear submarine would sail to the Middle East.
He also said that Austin and Galant also discussed Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip and the importance of reducing civilian casualties during the call. Just one day before the call, Israel attacked a shelter converted from a school in Gaza in the early morning of the 10th. The Palestinian health department said that the airstrike killed at least 80 people and injured nearly 50 people. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the 10 months since the start of this round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.#Deep Good Articles Project#
