US deploys jets and warships as Iran threatens Israel

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US deploys jets and warships as Iran threatens *******

The ******* States will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend ******* from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, the Pentagon said.

Tensions remain high in the region over the ************** of ****** leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and a key commander of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Missile defence forces were placed on a state of increased readiness to deploy, the Pentagon said, adding that its commitment to defend ******* was “ironclad”.

Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khamenei has vowed “harsh punishment” against ******* for the ************** of Haniyeh, and declared three days of national mourning.

The ****** leader was ******* in Tehran on Wednesday. Iran and its proxy in Gaza blamed the ******* on *******, which has not commented.

Haniyeh, 62, was widely considered ******’s overall leader and played a key role in negotiations aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza war.

His ****** came just hours after ******* claimed it ******* Fuad Shukr, the top military commander of Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah.

A Pentagon statement said the new deployments would “improve US force protection… increase support for the defence of *******, and … ensure the US is prepared to respond to various contingencies”.

The deployments would include additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers, it said.

The US military had also intensified deployments before 13 April, when Iran launched an ******* on ******* with drones and missiles. ******* and its allies shot down almost all of roughly 300 drones and missiles that were fired.

******* has not commented directly on the strike which ******* Haniyeh. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country had delivered “crushing blows” to its enemies in recent days, including the ******** of Shukr in Beirut.

He warned Israelis that “challenging days lie ahead… we have heard threats from all sides. We are prepared for any scenario”.

Earlier, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said the US did not believe escalation was inevitable.

“I think we are being very direct in our messaging that certainly we don’t want to see heightened tensions and we do believe there is an off-ramp here and that is that ceasefire deal,” Singh said.

An ******** delegation will travel to Cairo in coming days for negotiations to reach a Gaza ceasefire and ******** release deal, Mr Netanyahu said on Friday.

****** sparked the war with its 7 October ******* on *******, which ******* 1,200 people. ******* responded with an ongoing military operation in Gaza that has ******* almost 40,000 people, according to the ******-run health ministry.

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