A US carrier strike group has been ordered to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel after the attack by Hamas that has left more than 1000 dead on both sides.The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, and its approximately 5000 sailors and deck of warplanes will be accompanied by cruisers and destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional weapons from reaching Hamas and conducting surveillance.The large deployment, which also includes a host of ships and warplanes, underscores the concern that the United States has in trying to deter the conflict from growing.
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