2024-08-03 13:15:53
To protect its troops and its ally Israel against threats from Iran and groups such as Palestinian Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah, the United States will send more ships and fighter jets to the Middle East.
“Secretary (Defender Lloyd) Austin has ordered a change in the United States’ military posture intended to improve the security of the United States’ armed forces, boost support for Israel’s defense and ensure that the United States is prepared for multiple contingencies,” a Pentagon spokesman said. announced in a statement on Friday.
Biden is “very concerned” about the situation in the Middle East
Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, the US Department of Defense expressed concern about “the possibility of regional escalation by Iran and its partners”. The minister “authorized (to send) submarines and destroyers, carrying ballistic defense missiles” and “the deployment of an additional group of combat aircraft”.
Regarding the welcome overnight from Wednesday to Friday the Americans released by Russia during the mass exchange of prisoners, President Joe Biden said that he is “very concerned” about the situation in the Middle East while urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude a quick. ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
Ballistic missiles and drones to support Israel
During a telephone interview early Wednesday, in the presence of Vice President Kamala Harris, Joe Biden assured Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States is “committed” to the defense of the Jewish state in the face of “all Iranian threats”.
According to the White House, they also “discussed efforts to support Israel’s defense against threats, including those of ballistic missiles and drones”, referring to “new deployments of American defensive weapons”.
Iran and its allies are preparing their response to Wednesday’s assassination of Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh, attributed to Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Tehran. His death came a day after an Israeli strike killed Hezbollah military chief Fouad Choukr near Beirut. These two attacks revived fears of an escalation of war, between Israel on the one hand, Iran and the groups it supports in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen on the other.
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