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US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken at an airport while heading towards Israel has stated that
he is going with a very clear, and on behalf of the President of the United
States and the American People that the US has Israel’s back when we have back of
the Israeli people, we have their back today, we have it tomorrow, we will have
it every day.
He further said, "we stand resolutely against terrorism, we have seen almost indescribable
acts committed by Hamas against Israeli men, women and children. Every day, we
are learning more, we will continue to stand by Israel."
He told that
during his visit he will meet Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Herzog,
other senior officials, and he will be looking embassy team at Israel.
He said, “We are determined to get everything Israel needs to defend itself.” To provide security to its people, as well as the military assistance requested by Israel is on its way, he continued.
He further
said, “Secondly, we are reiterating and reaffirming the very strong message the
President has delivered to any country, or any party, that might take advantage
of the situation, and that message is [don’t].”
The President
of United States, according to Blinken, has deployed world’s largest aircraft carrier
group to the region to make it very clear about the intent of the United States
to anyone who is contemplating any further aggression against Israel.
He stated at
the end, “finally we are focused on out own people, our citizens as we lost 22
Americans, that the number could go still up, and probably will, and at the
same time we have number of Americans unaccounted, we are working very closely with
the Government of Israel to determine their whereabouts and if they are taken
hostage by Hamas, so to secure their release.”
At the end, he said!
“We Stand with Israel and we will continue to do so.”
(Courtesy: Al-Jazeera)
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