In addition, the United States sent a destroyer, bombers and fighter jets to the Middle East region, the Pentagon reports.
“The Secretary of Defense has ordered the deployment of additional missile defense destroyers, a fighter jet squadron and a tanker aircraft, as well as several US Air Force B-52 long-range bombers to the region” . – says the message.
According to the military department, these forces will begin to arrive in the region in the coming months, while the aircraft carrier strike group led by Abraham Lincoln prepares to depart.
Israel has been carrying out a ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon since October 1 and continues aerial bombardments. Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel.
