Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the “American aircraft carrier”, which he described as “one of the largest in the world”, was coming towards Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made a speech to the nation.
Netanyahu, the leader of the right-wing government, called on the Israeli opposition to form a national unity government.
In his short television speech, Netanyahu said, “The American aircraft carrier, one of the largest in the world, is coming towards us. The USA supports Israel in every way.” he said.
Netanyahu said that “his government will regain control in the regions attacked by the Qassam Brigades” and added, “We are in a war that we will win.” he said.
In a written statement made yesterday by the US Department of Defense (Pentagon), it was stated that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered to send the aircraft carrier fleet to the Eastern Mediterranean in order to be ready to help Israel in the attacks launched by Hamas.
What happened?
Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on Israel called the “Aqsa Flood” on the morning of October 7.
While thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel, Palestinian armed groups raided and seized the Beit Hanun-Erez Border Gate on the Gaza-Israel border.
Armed groups then entered the settlements within Israel from here, and the Israeli army launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of warplanes.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that 687 people, including 140 children, died and 2,900 people were injured in Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
Israeli forces had killed 16 Palestinians in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank since October 7.
It was stated in the Israeli press that more than 900 Israelis had died and 2,400 people had been injured so far in the attacks.
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