Aircraft carriers sent near Israel for possible evacuations, U.S. tells Turkey -official

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ANKARA - U.S. officials told their Turkish counterparts that aircraft carriers moved closer to Israel in the eastern Mediterranean were sent there for the possible evacuation of civilians, a Turkish defence ministry official said on Thursday.

President Tayyip Erdogan criticised the U.S. for the move, saying that they would commit"serious massacres" in Gaza.

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