by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:

In order to protect Israel from retaliation for the “unhelpful” assassinations they conducted in Iran and Lebanon, the US is gathering two aircraft carriers, dozens of fighter jets and attack planes, a bunch of Navy destroyers and cruisers, and 4,500 Marines and sailors in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

From New York Times, “U.S. to Send More Combat Aircraft and Warships to Middle East, Officials Say”: