“Because they have picked a fight with everyone, they don’t know where the response will come from … the response will come separately or coordinated,” he said in a speech on Thursday.
The funeral for the Hamas political leader was held on Friday, as mosques across several countries also hosted commemoration ceremonies. The day before, a large procession led by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which drew thousands. Haniyeh is expected to be buried later in Lusail, Hamas said.
The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East. This could become the largest movement of US forces in the region since the early days of the Gaza war, when the Pentagon sent two carrier strike groups toward the Middle East in a public warning to regional militant groups to not amplify the fighting, according to CNN World.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin order the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from deputy Pentagon press secretary, Sabrina Singh.
Destroyers and cruisers capable of ballistic missile defence will also be sent to the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea.
The US already has the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship in the region, which operates with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, capable of carrying out an evacuation of US citizens in Lebanon if required.
Israel has not commented on the killing, according to CNN.
