US sends second aircraft carrier 'to deter hostile actions against Israel'

The United States is sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean "to deter hostile actions against Israel ," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Saturday. The deployment signals Washington's "ironclad commitment to Israel's security and our resolve to deter any state or non-state actor seeking to escalate this war," Austin said in a statement.

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