US Military to Send Ships Closer as Israel Declares ‘State of War’

A number of U.S. military ships and aircraft will be deployed closer to Israel in the near future, it was announced.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, one of the world's largest aircraft carriers, arrives in Halifax, Canada, on Oct. 28, 2022. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP

The U.S. military will send ships and aircraft closer to Israel’s coast, said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday, coming after a series of Hamas attacks on southern Israel over the weekend.

Earlier Sunday, a statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office said the country’s Security Cabinet declared a “state of war” after the Hamas attacks. It’s the first such declaration since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.