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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper

The US will send a carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean

in support of Israel

By Tara Copp
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
said Sunday he has ordered the Ford carrier strike group
to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist
Israel after the attack by Hamas that has left more than
1,000 dead on both sides. Americans were reported to
be among those killed and missing.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s newest and most
advanced aircraft carrier, and its approximately 5,000
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. The USS Gerald R. Ford, one of the world’s largest aircraft carriers, arrives in Halifax on Oct. 28,
Continued on Page 2 2022. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP, File)