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►Wang Kaiwen, Observer.com

The U.S. Department of Defense issued a statement on the evening of August 11 local time, saying that U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin has ordered the USS Georgia cruise missile nuclear submarine to go to the Middle East, and at the same time asked the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to speed up its journey to the region.

The Times of Israel, 11thCiting two sources said that Israel assesses that Iran will launch a retaliatory attack on Israel in the coming days in response to the assassination of Haniyeh, leader of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in Tehran.

Axios News Network quoted sources as saying that Israel believes that the Iranian attack may occur before the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release negotiations held on Thursday (August 15).

Sources familiar with the matter told Axios that Israeli Defense Minister Galant spoke with Austin on the 11th and told Austin that Iran's military preparations indicated it was planning to launch a large-scale attack.

According to a statement released on the U.S. Department of Defense website on the 11th, Austin spoke with Galant on the same day and reiterated that the United States "will take all possible measures to defend Israel" and "in view of the escalating situation in the region, the United States will strengthen its military deployment and capabilities in the Middle East."