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U.S. bombers have arrived within the Middle East area as tensions flare over Iran probably launching one other assault on Israel, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed early Sunday.
B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers from Minot Air Force Base’s fifth Bomb Wing arrived within the Middle East, CENTCOM stated, with out elaborating.
Pentagon officers earlier stated that B-52 long-range bombers, together with extra destroyers, fighter squadrons and tankers, can be deployed to the area to discourage Iran and its militant allies.
The strikes come forward of the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday and because the whole Middle East area teeters on the sting of being engulfed in a wider regional battle over the continued conflicts between Israel and Iranian proxies Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” following Israeli strikes on Oct. 26 that focused army bases and different places and killed at the least 5 folks within the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday threatened the U.S. and Israel. (ATTA KENARE/AFP through Getty Image, File)
“The enemies, whether or not the Zionist regime or the United States of America, will certainly obtain a crushing response to what they’re doing to Iran and the Iranian nation and to the resistance entrance,” Khamenei stated in a video launched by Iranian state media.
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Khamenei didn’t elaborate on when such an assault might happen or its potential scope.
Iran had already launched two main direct assaults on Israel in April and once more in October. The newest assault noticed Iran launch almost 200 ballistic missiles in direction of targets in Israel.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. army final month despatched Israel a U.S. missile protection system, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, aimed toward defending Israel from potential Iranian assaults.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
