US To Send Another Aircraft Carrier To Israel

Israel is now getting hit by Mortars from Syria in addition to rockets from Lebanon, and Israel is responding with counter-battery fire. So far 1,000 Israelis have been killed with another 3,400 injured and 900 Palestinians have been killed with another 4,500 injured. Israel is preparing a months-long ground campaign in Gaza according to Egypt. With Egypt also saying that Israel has dismissed their efforts to mediate any kind of de-escalation according to the Times of Israel. With the Times saying it’s believed that Israel wants to destroy Hamas before entertaining a ceasefire. The United States may deploy a 2nd aircraft carrier strike group to Israel according to the Wall Street Post. The USS Gerald Ford has arrived off the coast of Israel and will likely begin operations tonight. And this has made Erdogan very mad at Israel and the United States. He angrily asked today: “Why is the US aircraft carrier coming to Israel? For what? What will they do? Will they hit Gaza with their warplanes and commit a massacre?”. Jake Sullivan responded saying: "Let me be clear: we did not move the carrier for Hamas. We moved the carrier to send a clear message of deterrence to other parties who may seek to widen the war”.

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Produced by: Ben Wheeler, Philip DeFranco
Edited by: Ben Wheeler
Art Department: William Crespo
Writing/Research: Ben Wheeler, Philip DeFranco
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