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Middle East crisis live: US accelerates military deployment to region amid reports Iran may attack within days



US defence secretary Lloyd Austin orders USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to quicken transit to Middle East and deploys guided missile submarine, says PentagonSee all our Middle East crisis coverageIran has the “right to an appropriate and deterrent response” against Israel to ensure regional stability, the country’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani told his Chinese counterpart on Monday, Reuters reports, citing state media.Designated humanitarian zones in Khan Younis are shrinking, Al Jazeera reports, as Israel goes ahead with another military operation in the city.Here, the ongoing mass evacuation is causing a great deal of difficult living conditions as people are pushed into a smaller area after the Israeli military cut off part of the humanitarian zone and included it in the red zone.The Hamad residential complex, that is in the western part of Khan Younis, which used to be part of the humanitarian zones, was designated in the past months as an area for people to shelter in. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-08-12 09:09:16

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