(Bloomberg) -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv Thursday on a hastily arranged diplomatic trip. Israeli jets hit key targets in Gaza...
-- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv Thursday on a hastily arranged diplomatic trip. Israeli jets hit key targets in Gaza after the nation vowed to wipe out Hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by the US and European Union.Israel’s emergency unity government hasn’t yet decided on a widely anticipated ground invasion, though the military is preparing for it.
Galant vowed to destroy Hamas, saying that “it will be a long and difficult war” and that “Israel is prepared to defend its citizens against any threat.” Over 100 people had been kidnapped from Israel, and that 5,000 rockets had been fired since Saturday from the Gaza strip to Israel, he said.
Palestinian President Abbas will meet King Abdullah in Jordan Thursday and Blinken on Friday to discuss the situation in Gaza, Palestinian authorities said.Hossein Amirabdollahian will start a tour of regional countries on Thursday to discuss the war, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim reported, citing the country’s ambassador to Lebanon. Amirabdollahian’s first stop will be Iraq, the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency reported. He’ll also visit Lebanon, according to Tasnim.
The White House is walking back Biden's statement that he saw photographic evidence of beheaded children Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyNo American president caused Hamas’ surprise assault across the Gaza border that killed over 900 Israelis—mostly in deliberate, brutal attacks on civilians, including 260 at a music festival—and kidnapping about 150 more. But U.S. policy, especially the Trump administration’s, contributed to the unsustainable situation that made an outbreak of violence more likely.
Bodies of Israeli residents and Hamas attackers lay outside burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after the Palestinian militant group launched a large-scale surprise assault on Israel.
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