The US says it will send an aircraft carrier, ships, and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel more weapons and gear.
The attack by Hamas on southern Israel was called a “unprecedented and appalling assault” by President Biden.
A spokesman for the US National Security said that several US citizens were among the dead.
Israel says that over 700 people have been killed and 100 have been taken hostage.
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Palestinian sources say that more than 400 people have been killed in Gaza because of Israeli airstrikes in response.
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, a missile cruiser, and four missile ships were sent to the area by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Fighter jets from the US would also be sent.
The White House said that more military aid would be sent to Israel in the next few days. They also said that the US was trying to make sure that Israel’s enemies wouldn’t try to take advantage of the situation.
President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran backed the Hamas attack and said Israel should be held responsible for putting the region at risk.
The attack, which included rockets, drones, and terrorists on paragliders, was said to have been helped by Iran by Hamas. Hundreds of fighters broke through Israeli border defenses around the Gaza Strip.
The US’s Antony Blinken said they had not seen proof of direct Iranian participation but that Iran had been helping the group in Gaza for years.
“Hamas would not be Hamas without the help it has gotten from Iran over many years.” We haven’t seen any clear proof yet that Iran planned or took part in this attack. “But it’s clear that they’ve been there for many years,” he told US TV.
Reuters reported that at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Iran denied having anything to do with the attack on Israel.
Mr. Blinken also said that claims that US citizens were caught in the attack were being looked into.
“We have heard that several Americans are among the dead.” “We’re working hard to check those reports,” he told US TV on Sunday. Deaths have also been reported in the UK, France, Ukraine, and Thailand, among other places.
And he told ABC, “This is a huge terrorist attack that is killing Israeli civilians in their towns and homes and, as we’ve seen so clearly, dragging people across the border into Gaza.”
“So, you can imagine how this is affecting everyone in Israel.” Everything the world has seen should make it sick.
There are still reports of hundreds of people missing. One of them is Hersh Golberg-Polin, a 23-year-old American-Israeli man who was present at a music festival in the desert when it came under attack by militants. That he sent them two texts, one that said “I love you” and the other that said “I’m sorry.”
Michael Herzog, Israel’s ambassador to the US, told CBS News that he knew Americans were among the soldiers and residents who had been kidnapped in southern Israel but didn’t know more.
Israel is a close ally of the US, and every year the US gives billions of dollars toward its defense. Since World War II, the US has given more money to Israel than to any other country.
Soon, the UN Security Council will meet in New York to talk about the fighting in Israel and Gaza.
