A US carrier strike group has been rushed to the Middle East as new Israeli intelligence suggests Iran will launch an attack within a matter of days.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East late Sunday, telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to move quickly into the area, the Defense Department announced.
The move came just hours after Austin spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, announced.
During that conversation, Gallant told Austin that Iranian military preparations suggest that the country is getting ready for a large-scale attack in retaliation for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh – the political leader of Hamas, Axios reports.
His assassination, as well as that of Hezbollah’s senior military commander Fuad Shukr by Israel in a strike on Beirut, have fueled concern of a larger war within the Middle East.
由于以色列的最新情报显示伊朗将在几天内发动袭击，美国一个航母打击群已被紧急派往中东。
美国国防部宣布，美国国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀周日晚间下令一艘导弹潜艇前往中东，要求亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰打击群迅速进入该地区。
五角大楼新闻秘书帕特·赖德少将宣布，此举是在奥斯汀与以色列国防部长约阿夫·加兰特通话数小时后做出的。
据 Axios 报道，在通话中，加兰特告诉奥斯汀，伊朗的军方准备表明，该国正准备发动大规模袭击，以报复暗杀哈马斯政治领袖伊斯梅尔·哈尼亚。
哈尼亚和真主党高级军事指挥官福阿德·舒克尔在以色列袭击贝鲁特时遭暗杀，引发了人们对中东爆发更大规模战争的担忧。
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