'Key munitions' have arrived in Israel: Defense secretary
"Key munitions" have arrived in Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday, adding that the U.S. will be providing more Iron Dome interceptors.
He confirmed that the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group has arrived in the eastern Mediterranean and that the deployment of U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft in the Middle East have been extended.
"The more you learn about the sickening atrocities, the worse it gets," Austin said. "Hamas deliberately targeted civilians and massacred them just because they are Jews. … The United States continues to stand firm with Israel and the Israeli people.”
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Austin also emphasized that the supply of weapons to Israel won’t impact the flow of military aid to Ukraine.