The U.S. Navy’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived off Israel’s coast on Friday, raising concerns that Washington and Tehran may be moving closer to direct military confrontation.
The deployment comes as analysts and regional officials warned that tensions are escalating faster than diplomatic efforts to contain them. The nuclear-powered carrier reached waters near Haifa in northern Israel, Israeli media reported, joining an expanded U.S. naval presence. The USS Abraham Lincoln has been operating in the Arabian Sea since late January, monitoring Iranian activity.
