Second US aircraft carrier to back Israel as Biden stresses civilian protection

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WASHINGTON: The US on Saturday (Oct 14) deployed a second aircraft carrier "to deter hostile actions against Israel" while President Joe Biden pushed for the protection of civilians amid the American ally

File photo of aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower returning to homeport at Norfolk, Virginia. WASHINGTON: The US on Saturday deployed a second aircraft carrier"to deter hostile actions against Israel" while President Joe Biden pushed for the

More than one million people in the northern part of the crowded enclave have been ordered to flee ahead of the expected assault, an exodus that aid groups said would set off a humanitarian disaster.Biden spoke on the phone on Saturday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and"affirmed his support for all efforts to protect civilians", the White House said in a statement, which did not specifically mention Gaza.

Biden also spoke with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas for the first time since hostilities broke out a week ago and"condemned Hamas' brutal attack on Israel". Biden in the call also pledged"full support" to the Palestinian Authority in its efforts to bring humanitarian assistance to Palestinians,"particularly in Gaza", the statement said.A week of deadly Israeli salvos was sparked by a Hamas raid which saw fighters break through the heavily fortified border between the Gaza Strip and Israel and gun down, stab and burn to death more than 1,300 people.

 

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