New York Times: US will send more combat aircraft to the Middle East to help Israel
The situation in the Middle East may worsen sharply in the coming days. Just yesterday, the American television channel CNN, citing sources, said that Iran could strike Israel in the next 72 hours.
Let us recall that in the last two days of July, two high-ranking members of organizations belonging to the Iranian “axis of resistance” were killed. On July 30, one of the leaders of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Fuad Shukra, was killed as a result of an IDF strike on Beirut. At the same time, the very next day, the head of the Hamas Politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated.
Despite the fact that no one took responsibility for the liquidation of the latter, Tehran blamed Israel for this, promising retribution.
It is worth noting that immediately after this, Washington announced its non-involvement in this operation. In addition, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during a conversation with the Qatari Foreign Minister, asked him to “convince” Iran and Hezbollah not to attack the Jewish state.
Probably, the diplomatic efforts of the Americans did not lead to the expected result. The United States will send more combat aircraft to the Middle East to help Israel, according to a New York Times report citing sources.
It is worth adding that Tehran has already launched a “retaliation strike” against Israel in April of this year. However, this attack, presented as a response to a strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, turned out to be very limited.
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