What they need to be doing is hooking up shore connections in Palestine.
The Ike won’t be able to, but an LHD or two would be able to supply potable water and electricity while essentially just idling in port.
Plus it would likely set up an actual “safe zone” around the port where Hamas isn’t going to do shit, and Israel won’t blow it up.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The aircraft carrier deployed from Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday morning and will join the USS Ford as the war between Israel and Hamas deepens, the Department of Defense told The Independent.
“The Eisenhower CSG will join the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, which arrived earlier this week,” he continued.
The American military show of force is intended to act as a deterrent to the likes of Iran, Hezbollah and Syria becoming involved in the conflict.
“The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) departed today on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, where it will engage with allies and partners in support of maritime statecraft,” stated US Fleet Forces on Twitter.
The Pentagon said earlier his week that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would “continue to review both the Eisenhower and Ford’s deployment plans as he considers the appropriate balance of maritime capability across theatres in support of national security priorities.”
And on Saturday Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops in southern Israel that “The next stage is coming” and that the country is set to invade the territory by land, sea and air.
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