White House National Security Adviser Jake Salivan stated today, in an interview he granted to CNN, that he was informed in the last hour by Israeli officials that the water supply system in the southern Gaza Strip is being reactivated.

Sullivan also said Washington is concerned about a possible “escalation” of the situation, with Iran’s involvement in the conflict.

“There is the risk of escalation, the possibility of opening a second front in the north and, of course, the involvement of Iran,” he said in another interview with the CBS television network. Advisor to the President Joe Biden explained that the US cannot rule out the possibility that “Iran decides to get involved in one way or another».

“This is a risk we have been aware of from the beginning,” he added. “That’s why the president reacted so quickly and decisively, with the deployment of an aircraft carrier in the Eastern Mediterranean, to have aircraft in the Gulf, to send a very clear message to any state or entity that would try to take advantage of the situation“, he continued.

On Saturday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that two aircraft carriers, the Gerald R. Ford and Eisenhower, would be deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean, along with their escort vessels.