The United States is moving an aircraft carrier and fighter jets to the eastern Mediterranean, in a sign of support amid fears of an escalating crisis in the region.
Several American citizens were killed in what President Joe Biden calls an "unprecedented and appalling assault" by the Hamas terror-group over the weekend.
Following the attack, Israel has ordered a "complete siege" of Hamas-controlled Gaza, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday telling his US counterpart that his county has no other choice but to unleash a ground operation into the Palestinian enclave.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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