US sends ships, jets to Mideast amid fear of Iran attacking Israel

(NewsNation) — The Pentagon is sending additional ships and aircraft to the Middle East as Israel braces for a possible attack by Iran and its proxies.

Iran has been threatening to respond to the suspected Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr in Beirut.

To prepare, the United States has increased its military forces in the Middle East with the movement of the USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group to the region along ...