{"id":3968,"date":"2026-08-16T18:42:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2026-08-16T18:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:42:28","slug":"top-u-s-commander-visits-aircraft-carrier-gaza-talks-continue-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3968","title":{"rendered":"Top U.S. commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks continue in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea during a regional tour that ended on Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3966\">\u2018This is her legacy\u2019: Tina Sloan Green celebrated for laying the foundation for women\u2019s lacrosse<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A Hamas delegation and, separately, U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner were in Egypt for Gaza ceasefire-related talks with Egyptian officials. And the 60-day negotiating period that began with the June 17 signing of an interim agreement between the U.S. and Iran is set to end with no word of an extension.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>U.S. Central Command chief visits aircraft carrier<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Adm. Brad Cooper visited the USS Lincoln as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues. The Lincoln arrived in the Middle East in January and has been supporting the U.S. war against Iran, including the blockade on Iranian ports. It has spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 240 days.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHistory will record this deployment as one of the most operationally intense and consequential of the modern era,\u201d Cooper said of the Lincoln strike group in a statement released Saturday. Extended deployments of carriers \u2014 which can have more than 5,000 sailors and Marines on board \u2014 have raised concerns.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Cooper also went to Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to meet with civilian and military leaders, according to the Central Command statement.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Navy\u2019s blockade is in response to Iran asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz after the war started on Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes. Before then, about one-fifth of the world\u2019s traded oil and natural gas passed through what had been considered an international waterway.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Talks between the U.S. and Iran have stalled while Iran talks with Oman about how to manage the strait that runs between them.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Hamas delegation is in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A Hamas delegation, chaired by leader Khalil al-Hayya, was in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire-related talks, the group said. Al-Hayya met with Maj. Gen. Hassan Rashad, head of Egypt\u2019s intelligence service, Egyptian state-run media reported.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Al-Hayya reiterated Hamas\u2019 commitment to implement U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s peace plan in Gaza to \u201cend the suffering of the residents of the Gaza Strip and to begin the reconstruction process,\u201d al-Qahera News television reported.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mediators are pushing for the implementation of a road map that calls for the disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the handing over of power to Palestinian technocrats.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected Trump\u2019s latest plan to advance the stalled ceasefire, saying Israel will not withdraw from any of the roughly 60% of the territory it controls until Hamas has been completely disarmed \u2014 something the militant group controlling the rest has resisted.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear whether al-Hayya would meet with Kushner, the Board of Peace\u2019s high representative Nickolay Mladenov, or executive board member and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who are scheduled to travel to Israel and Egypt this week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3964\">A Kensington restaurant makes New York Times\u2019 greatest Mexican restaurants list<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Separately, Kushner met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. The president\u2019s office said the meeting called for Israel and Hamas to \u201cfulfill their obligations under the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip,\u201d without elaborating.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Israel targets two Hezbollah commanders<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military said it targeted two Hezbollah commanders in Saturday\u2019s strikes in southern Lebanon, the deadliest attacks since a truce between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah went into effect in June.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s Health Ministry and state news agency said at least 11 people were killed.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military said early Sunday one strike killed Abu Hassan Alaa, whom it described as a senior Hezbollah commander who had taken part in attacks against Israel\u2019s soldiers in southern Lebanon. Earlier, the military said a strike killed Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan, also described as a Hezbollah commander, adding that his family was with him.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Israel and the Lebanese government announced a \u201cframework agreement\u201d in June, laying out a plan for Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon in exchange for Hezbollah\u2019s disarmament. Hezbollah has refused direct talks and wasn\u2019t party to the U.S.-mediated deal.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Iran insists Qatar is holding 3 of its pilots<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Iran again on Sunday alleged that Qatar was holding three Iranian pilots who went missing in March when their jets were downed, which Qatar has denied.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s state TV reported Sunday that the commander of the Missing Persons Committee of Iran\u2019s Armed Forces General Staff has urged Qatar to allow Iranian Air Force experts to conduct a field investigation.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>This is the first known case in the war where Iran has said a regional country is holding its fighters. Tehran has repeatedly targeted regional countries that are hosting U.S. military bases.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Israeli strike in Gaza wounds 5<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>An Israeli strike hit Khan Younis in southern Gaza and wounded five people, including a child who was seriously injured, according to the Kuwaiti and Nasser hospitals, where the casualties were taken.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military said it struck a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>While the heaviest fighting has subsided since a ceasefire took hold in October between Israel and Hamas, Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes, killing at least 1,262 Palestinians, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. It does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3962\">I treat brain fog. 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