Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on the tarmac before leaving for his trip to Israel. During his comments, Blinken said the U.S. military is committed to giving Israel everything it needs to defend itself against Hamas.
"The United States has Israel's back. We have the back of the Israeli people," Blinken said. "We have their back today, we'll have it tomorrow, we'll have it every day."
The government is under intense public pressure to topple Hamas after its militants stormed through a border fence Saturday and massacred hundreds of Israelis in their homes, on the streets and at an outdoor music festival. Militants in Gaza are holding an estimated 150 people taken hostage from Israel — soldiers, men, women, children and older adults.
Still, Israel’s political divisions remain. The country's chief opposition leader, Yair Lapid, was invited to join to new Cabinet but did not immediately respond to the offer. It appeared that the rest of Netanyahu’s existing government partners, a collection of far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties, would remain in place to handle non-war issues.
A ground offensive in the tiny, coastal Gaza Strip, densely populated with 2.3 million people, is likely to dramatically hike casualties in a war that has already claimed at least 2,200 lives on both sides. #Israel #Politics #news #shorts #breakingnews #israelwar #hamasattack #hamasvsisrael
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