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The UAVs are flying north of the task group.

A special task group is investigating the murder, which occurred in the town of Calamba, the Misamis Occidental police said on Monday, releasing a digital sketch of one of three people possibly involved in the attack.

“Those changes to our force posture send a clear signal to deter hostile actors from trying to shed more blood or to escalate this war,” Mr. Austin said, noting that the U.K. has also ordered a Royal Navy task group to the region to deter outside aggression.

Under the plans, a Royal Navy task group will be moved to the area next week to support humanitarian efforts.

He noted that not only was he stepping up shipments of ammunition and air-defense weapons to Israel, he had also deployed an aircraft carrier task group to the region—to deter other parties, notably Hezbollah, Iran and Syria, from getting into the fight.