— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 List of NATO, U.S. Navy and UN ships currently in the Mediterranean:
🇺🇸 Ford Carrier Strike Group: USS Gerald R. Ford CVN-78 USS Thomas Hudner DDG-116 USS Ramage DDG-61 USS Carney DDG-64 USS Roosevelt DDG-80 USS Normandy CG-60
🇺🇸 Ike Carrier Strike Group: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 USS Gravely DDG-107 USS Mason DDG-87 ITS Virginio Fasan F-591 USS Philippine Sea CG-58
🇺🇸 Bataan ARG: USS Bataan LHD-5 USS Mesa Verde LPD-19 USS Carter Hall LSD-50
🇺🇸 USS Mount Whitney LCC-20 Maritime Command Ship
🇺🇸 Non ARG-assigned U.S. ships: USS Stethem DDG-63 USS McFaul DDG-74 USS Arleigh Burke DDG-51 USS Paul Ignatius DDG-117 USS Bulkeley DDG-84
🇺🇸 U.S. Navy auxiliary ships: USNS Laramie T-AO 203 USNS Medgar Evers T-AKE 13 USNS Yuma T-EPF-8 USNS Trenton T-EFP-5
🇬🇧 Littoral Response Group South: RFA Argus A-135 RFA Lyme Bay L-3007
🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇱🇧/🇸🇾/🇮🇶/🇾🇪 21st day of the war, October 27th, status update and major events:
Today marked the heaviest bombing on Gaza since the beginning of the war. Artillery was also used starting in the evening. Besides the horrible humanitarian situation, all major communication channels have now been cut, and there is a total internet and mobile blackout in the Gaza strip.
Very early in the morning of October 27th, U.S. F-16 fighter jets struck IRGC-affiliated targets in Al-Bukamal, Syria, according to the Pentagon.
Several unidentified drones have crashed in Egypt, in the cities of Taba and Suweida. Presumably, the drones were launched by the Houthis from Yemen and flew over the Red Sea towards Israel, where the IAF intercepted them, causing the debris to fall in Egyptian territory.
Hezbollah attacked IDF positions across the border in the settlements of Al-Sadh, Misgav Am, Ruwaysat Al-Alam, Samaqah, Zibdin and others, killing several enemy soldiers and destroying surveillance and communications equipment.
Israel responded by shelling South Lebanon as usual. However, the northern front was still very quiet compared to what we're used to seeing these days.
Israel reportedly intercepted several projectiles fired from Syria into the occupied Golan Heights, and the IDF responded by shelling the launch sites.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted the Ayn Al-Assad base in Iraq, the Al-Tanf base in Syria, and possibly also the Kharab Al-Jir and Al-Omar bases in Syria, according to reports. As of now, they have only officially claimed the attack on Ayn Al-Assad and Al-Tanf.
The IDF announced that they would 'expand ground operations in Gaza tonight', leading to widescale reporting and speculation that the ground offensive into Gaza has officially started.
A few hours after the IDF statement, Israeli tanks crossed into Gaza and clashes near Beit Hanoun were reported. However, due to the total media blackout in Gaza, it is impossible to accurately assess the extent of the Israeli incursion, and whether the long anticipated full-scale ground offensive has really begun.
Large pro-Hamas rallies took place in many cities in the West Bank including Jenin, Nablus and Jerusalem.
Speculation about the ground offensive continues into the night, as Israeli outlets mostly try to downplay the current incursion, while U.S. sources, amongst others, claim that tonight does in fact constitute the beginning of a large scale ground offensive. Some sources are reporting the invasion might happen in phases, rather than in one swift motion, and are saying that this could have been the beginning of the first phase.
— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 List of NATO, U.S. Navy and UN ships currently in the Mediterranean:
ReplyDelete🇺🇸 Ford Carrier Strike Group:
USS Gerald R. Ford CVN-78
USS Thomas Hudner DDG-116
USS Ramage DDG-61
USS Carney DDG-64
USS Roosevelt DDG-80
USS Normandy CG-60
🇺🇸 Ike Carrier Strike Group:
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
USS Gravely DDG-107
USS Mason DDG-87
ITS Virginio Fasan F-591
USS Philippine Sea CG-58
🇺🇸 Bataan ARG:
USS Bataan LHD-5
USS Mesa Verde LPD-19
USS Carter Hall LSD-50
🇺🇸 USS Mount Whitney LCC-20 Maritime Command Ship
🇺🇸 Non ARG-assigned U.S. ships:
USS Stethem DDG-63
USS McFaul DDG-74
USS Arleigh Burke DDG-51
USS Paul Ignatius DDG-117
USS Bulkeley DDG-84
🇺🇸 U.S. Navy auxiliary ships:
USNS Laramie T-AO 203
USNS Medgar Evers T-AKE 13
USNS Yuma T-EPF-8
USNS Trenton T-EFP-5
🇬🇧 Littoral Response Group South:
RFA Argus A-135
RFA Lyme Bay L-3007
🇫🇷 Tonnerre ARG:
FS Tonnerre L-9014
FS Surcouf F-711
FS Alsace D-656
🇺🇳 UNIFIL Maritime Task Force:
HS Adrias F-459
TCG Heybeliada F-511
FGS Erfurt F-262
FGS Oldenburg F-263
BNS Sangram F-113
KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda 367
NATO Maritime Group 2:
🇬🇧 HMS Duncan D-37
🇮🇹 ITS Carlo Margottini F-592
🇪🇸 ESPS Méndez Núñez F-104
🇹🇷 TCG Yavuz F-240
🇩🇰 HDMS Niels Juel F-363
🇬🇷 HS Psara F-454
🇩🇪 FGS Frankfurt am Main A-1412
🇪🇸 ESPS Patiño A-14
🇩🇪 FGS Baden-Wuerttemberg (F-125) [en-route]
Looks like it's getting busy in the Med. The Chinese have at least 6 ships enroute.
🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇱🇧/🇸🇾/🇮🇶/🇾🇪 21st day of the war, October 27th, status update and major events:
ReplyDeleteToday marked the heaviest bombing on Gaza since the beginning of the war. Artillery was also used starting in the evening. Besides the horrible humanitarian situation, all major communication channels have now been cut, and there is a total internet and mobile blackout in the Gaza strip.
Very early in the morning of October 27th, U.S. F-16 fighter jets struck IRGC-affiliated targets in Al-Bukamal, Syria, according to the Pentagon.
Several unidentified drones have crashed in Egypt, in the cities of Taba and Suweida. Presumably, the drones were launched by the Houthis from Yemen and flew over the Red Sea towards Israel, where the IAF intercepted them, causing the debris to fall in Egyptian territory.
Hezbollah attacked IDF positions across the border in the settlements of Al-Sadh, Misgav Am, Ruwaysat Al-Alam, Samaqah, Zibdin and others, killing several enemy soldiers and destroying surveillance and communications equipment.
Israel responded by shelling South Lebanon as usual. However, the northern front was still very quiet compared to what we're used to seeing these days.
Israel reportedly intercepted several projectiles fired from Syria into the occupied Golan Heights, and the IDF responded by shelling the launch sites.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted the Ayn Al-Assad base in Iraq, the Al-Tanf base in Syria, and possibly also the Kharab Al-Jir and Al-Omar bases in Syria, according to reports. As of now, they have only officially claimed the attack on Ayn Al-Assad and Al-Tanf.
The IDF announced that they would 'expand ground operations in Gaza tonight', leading to widescale reporting and speculation that the ground offensive into Gaza has officially started.
A few hours after the IDF statement, Israeli tanks crossed into Gaza and clashes near Beit Hanoun were reported. However, due to the total media blackout in Gaza, it is impossible to accurately assess the extent of the Israeli incursion, and whether the long anticipated full-scale ground offensive has really begun.
Large pro-Hamas rallies took place in many cities in the West Bank including Jenin, Nablus and Jerusalem.
Speculation about the ground offensive continues into the night, as Israeli outlets mostly try to downplay the current incursion, while U.S. sources, amongst others, claim that tonight does in fact constitute the beginning of a large scale ground offensive. Some sources are reporting the invasion might happen in phases, rather than in one swift motion, and are saying that this could have been the beginning of the first phase.