Israeli ministers receive satellite phones in preparation for possible Iranian retaliation
Israeli authorities scramble to prepare for a possible Iranian retaliation for the killing attributed to Israel of Hamas military leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Ministers received satellite phones to allow communication in case of damage to infrastructure.
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France has formally advised its citizen against travelling to Iran and has asked French citizens still the country to leave as soon as possible due to a risk of military escalation in the region, the foreign ministry said on Friday in a travel advisory.
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Washington has ordered more destroyers, cruisers, and an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East to defend Israel amid rising tensions with Iran, the US Defense Department said on Friday.
In addition, the US has ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to relieve the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier currently deployed in the Middle East.
The announcement comes amid rising tensions after this weekβs killing of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Both Hamas and Iran have blamed Israel for the attack and have promised revenge. Iran also stated that the US bears partial responsibility for the attack as a βsupporter and accompliceβ of Israel.
