And it was Washington It has deployed two aircraft carriers for purposes including deterrence. Iran About carrying out an attack that you threatened to launch on Israel.
The decision to move the aircraft carrier came nearly three weeks after US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt to remain in The Middle East Even after the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln arrived to replace it.
The spokesman said, The Pentagon Patrick Ryder at a press briefing that Roosevelt has left the Middle East and is now heading to the Asia-Pacific region.
Austin had ordered Roosevelt to remain in the area on August 25, when he launched Hezbollah Hundreds of missiles and drones on Israel.
US officials fear that Iran will carry out its threats to attack Israel in response to the killing. Ismail Haniyeh Head of the Political Bureau of the Movement agitation In Tehran in July.
Ryder downplayed the idea that the United States was no longer concerned about potential Iranian action, saying the basis of the decision was fleet management.
“Iran has indicated that it wants to respond to Israel. And that’s why we will continue to treat this threat with great care,” he told reporters at the Pentagon.
“We remain very focused on working with regional partners to de-escalate tensions and prevent a wider regional conflict,” Ryder concluded.
Iran has vowed a strong response to Haniyeh’s killing in July during the latter’s visit. To Tehran Israel was held responsible for his killing, and Israel neither confirmed nor denied its involvement.
The US President’s administration seeks Joe Biden To reduce the repercussions War in Gaza Between Hamas and Israel, which is now approaching its second year.
The conflict has devastated large swathes of Gaza, sparked border clashes between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah, and drawn in Houthis in Yemen.
