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re: Hamas Threatens Hostage Deaths as Israel Cuts Off Electricity Food & Fuel
American Warships and Fighter Jets to Support Israel Are on The Way
US Sends Warships and Fighter Jets to Support Israel. Biden and Sunak Both Pledge to Help Nation Defend Itself as Death Toll From Hamas Attack Rises
Irans’ President Spoke With Leaders From Hamas and Islamic Jihad
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has spoken by phone with the leaders from militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He discussed Hamas’s offensive and the aftermath
BBC 9 OCT 2023
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is heading to the region
The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition.
The United States and Britain have both pledged to aid Israel militarily in response to the attack on Saturday. Joe Biden deployed the US Navys’ most advanced aircraft carrier, six other ships and a number of advanced jets to the Eastern Mediterranean.
It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an "unprecedented and appalling assault".
A US National Security spokesperson said several US citizens were among the dead.
Israel says more than 800 people have been killed and 100 kidnapped.
In Gaza, more than 400 people have been killed following retaliatory Israeli air strikes, according to Palestinian officials.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, a missile cruiser and four missile destroyers were heading to the region. He said fighter jets would also be sent.
Further military aid to Israel would be sent in the coming days, the White House said, adding that the US was working to ensure Israel's enemies did not try to seek advantage from the situation.
The large deployment reflects American concerns that the conflict between Israel and Hamas could draw in other parts of the region.
In particular, the US is eager to prevent Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement from joining the conflict. It is backed by Iran, which also funds and arms Hamas.
Irans’ President Spoke With Leaders From Hamas and Islamic Jihad
Irans' President Ebrahim Raisi has expressed support for the Hamas attack, saying Israel needed to be held to account for endangering the region.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has spoken by phone with the leaders from militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He discussed Hamas’s offensive and the aftermath with Ismail Haniyeh, head of political affairs for Hamas, and Islamic Jihad’s secretary-general, Ziyad al-Nakhalah.
Hamas has said assistance from Iran helped it carry out its attack, which involved rockets, drones and militants on paragliders and saw hundreds of fighters break through Israeli border fortifications around the Gaza Strip.
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