Escalating Conflict in the Middle East: Hamas Rocket Attacks, US Response, and Israeli Bombing Campaign

2023-10-15 21:55:44

Hamas published a video that it said showed rocket salvoes being fired at Israeli towns around Gaza.

Hamas said that these attacks came in response to Israel’s targeting of Palestinian civilians.

Senior American officials warned on Sunday of the possibility of the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalating and expanding across the Middle East, and said they were concerned regarding the possibility of the Lebanese Hezbollah group attacking northern Israel or the possibility of Iran’s involvement.

Another group of American warships headed to the region in a show of force aimed at preventing such an escalation.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Saturday the deployment of a second aircraft carrier, describing this as an indication of “our determination to deter any country or group that seeks to escalate this war.”

The Eisenhower aircraft carrier is scheduled to join a small fleet that includes the huge aircraft carrier Gerald Ford in the eastern Mediterranean.

Israel has already launched a violent bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas carrying out unprecedented attacks inside Israel on October 7, which led to the death of regarding 1,300 Israelis.

Gaza authorities say 2,670 were killed there, a quarter of them children, and the death toll is expected to rise as Israel prepares to launch a ground attack on the small, densely populated Strip.

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