The story about the US carrier leaving the region was covered in Al-Mayadeen media, which is pro-Iran, showing that pro-Iran figures in the region are watching.
"The United States will still have a lot of military capability in the region and flexibility," ABC quoted a senior US official as saying.
The IDF said a number of Hamas terrorists were killed in the strike and said it had information that Hamas used Gazan ambulances to transport fighters and weapons.
Australia sent a Boeing C-17 aircraft and an air refueler plane that has the capacity to carry passengers, taking the total to three.
The aircraft, which cost the state NIS 588 million to build, sat out of use since it was declared ready to fly in December 2021.
Nearly 5,000 US pilots, all of whom are military veterans, reportedly falsified medical records to work as pilots while collecting benefits for disqualifying disabilities.
"The ORON is the world’s most advanced aircraft of its kind," according to a statement by the ministry's Directorate of Defense Research and Development.
The crash occurred on Friday over the Zhytomyr region, which lies west of Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
It was not immediately clear what caused the F/A-18 Hornet's crash, ABC News and Fox News reported.
Why do tail-section passengers rush past those in front while disembarking planes? A TikTok video highlights this behavior, already common in Israel.
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