The United States, which has already announced it is sending an aircraft carrier, accompanied by a naval force, off Israel, are ready “if necessary” to deploy a second one in the area, for “deterrence reasons”announced the White House.
John Kirby, the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, clarified that it had been planned for some time, before the attacks by Hamas, that a US aircraft carrier would head to the Mediterranean. This aircraft carrier could, if necessary, go to the Eastern Mediterranean where the first aircraft carrier, the Gerald Ford, the largest warship in the world, is already located.
Kirby also reiterated that US authorities are “actively cooperating” with Israel and Egypt to allow civilians to leave Gaza which is being pounded by Israeli forces. “We believe that safe passage is important and we want a safe passage corridor to be opened,” he said. “Civilians are not responsible for what Hamas did,” he added, clarifying that he is not in a position to make any specific announcement, nor to specify what the route or “specific corridor” will be.
The US is also “obviously concerned” about rockets being fired by the Lebanese, pro-Iranian Hezbollah group into northern Israel, the spokesman continued. At the moment, however, they have not found “any other factor deliberately seeking to expand the conflict”, he stressed.
According to Kirby, 22 Americans have been killed and another 17 are missing in Israel since last Saturday. But Washington believes that of the 17 missing, “only a handful” are being held hostage by Hamas.
Source: News Beast
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