Jake Sullivan, the US President’s Assistant for National Security, said that the purpose of sending the US aircraft carrier was to control the tension in Israel. He announced this at a briefing, according to reports Reuters.
“The President also instructed us to do contingency planning for any escalation scenario,” he said.
Previously US President Joe Biden spent Another phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This was reported by the White House press service.
According to the White House, US Vice President Kamala Harris also attended the meeting. It was announced that the parties discussed the US support for Israel.
As RIA Novosti noted, information about the negotiations appeared at the time when Biden was going to make a televised speech on the situation in Israel.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Against this background, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir declared a state of emergency in the country on October 7.
Previously Netanyahu statedHe said Israel had launched a massive attack that was “unprecedented”.