The US Department of Defense, the Pentagon, announced early Saturday morning that the US military that the US Secretary of Defense ordered the dispatch of Navy ships and destroyers to the Middle East.
The urgent statement added that the US has decided to send additional fighter squadrons to the Middle East.
This comes amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel following the assassination of the head of the political bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh, in Iran’s capital of Tehran on Wednesday.
An Iranian state television presenter said in a live program on Friday evening: “In the coming hours, the world will witness extraordinary scenes and very important developments.”
The statement comes hours after Israeli media reported that the official website of the Israel Airports Authority was down on Friday, citing a suspected cyber attack.
Israel is on high alert in anticipation of Iranian attacks following Haniyeh’s assassination, as Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei threatened to inflict “the most severe punishment” on Israel.
