Only two days after the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Palestinian factions breached the border fence surrounding the Gaza Strip on October 7, under the name “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” the United States moved the aircraft carrier “USS Gerald Ford” towards the waters of the White Sea. Average.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement that he ordered the movement of the carrier and a group of naval vessels, including a missile destroyer, to the eastern Mediterranean to strengthen regional deterrence. On October 13, the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) announced that it would provide ammunition and equipment to Israel, and would strengthen US forces in the Middle East in response to attacks launched by the Hamas movement.
Western Cyprus
On October 23, satellites spotted the USS Gerald Ford west of the island of Cyprus, accompanied by three other naval vessels accompanying it.