US extends first full deployment of its newest supercarrier, another twist for the powerful warship amid the Israel-Hamas war

• The Pentagon announced an extension to the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group's deployment.
• The US Navy carrier strike group was dispatched in early October to the eastern Mediterranean. 
• Its movement — alongside that of another strike group — comes amid Israel's war with Hamas.

The Pentagon is extending the USS Gerald R. Ford's first full deployment, which was expected to end soon, in another unplanned development for the US Navy's newest supercarrier that is deployed alongside other warships to waters near Israel.