The United States is further boosting its military presence in the Middle East, sending the aircraft carrier Lincoln along with an attack submarine.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart and reiterated Washington’s commitment to do everything possible to defend Israel.

For his part, Yoav Gallad said that Israel is in a state of readiness for strikes from Lebanon and Iran.

Thousands of Palestinians have fled the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis after Israeli forces once again ordered the evacuation of the area.

Meanwhile, the leaders of Germany, France and Britain have backed a US-sponsored ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 10-month Israel-Hamas war.

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Meeting Putin Abbas tomorrow Wednesday in Moscow

The crisis in the Middle East will be on the discussion table between the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting that will take place tomorrow Wednesday in Moscow.

An exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East is expected in light of the current worsening of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip, the services of the Russian presidency noted via Telegram.

Mr. Abbas is making an official visit to Russia’s capital, and he will go to Turkey soon after, for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Russia, which has close ties with both Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Arab leaders, notably Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, condemned the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya in Tehran on July 31. attributed to Israel, calling on all parties to refrain from further actions that would further destabilize the Middle East

Moreover, he often criticizes the West for choosing, as Moscow sees it, to overlook the need to establish an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

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