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America stands steadfastly with Israel. This was confirmed once again by US President Joe Biden and announced all possible help in the Israelis' fight against the terrorist Hamas. Images of horror after the carnage in Israel that killed at least 1.200 people in the US wakes up to the memory of 9/11, an event that not only changed the US, but the whole world
The terrorist attack by the militant Hamas from the Gaza Strip on Israel on Saturday, October 7, 2023, has awakened painful memories for Americans of September 11, 2001, when al-Qaeda suicide bombers hijacked civilian planes and crashed them into several facilities on the territory of the United States of America. The images of two planes hitting the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, one after the other, left deep scars in America's collective memory. The terrorist attack on the USA changed not only America, but also the whole world.
This is one of the reasons that the most determined support for Israel, on which the slaughter of civilians committed by members of Hamas in the southern parts of the country will have far-reaching consequences, comes from Washington. Images of the slaughter and kidnapping of civilians in Israel have become the new symbol of Islamic terrorism in the Western world.
"We stand with Israel." We stand with Israel," repeated US President Joe Biden in his address to the nation on the occasion of the deadly attack by the militant Palestinian organization Hamas on Israel. Voice of America reports.
He called the attack an act of "pure evil." He also announced that 14 American citizens are among at least 1.200 people killed in Israel, as well as that there are Americans among the hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the attack on Saturday.
"Israel has the right to defend itself," said Biden, who spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly before his speech..
American military aid
Biden says he has promised Israel that the U.S. will send all the aid it needs "so it can defend itself," and that he will ask Congress, which is currently gridlocked over the impeachment of the House Speaker, to take immediate action to fund its national security defense. partner.
Biden resolutely emphasized that there is no justification for terrorism and that "unfortunately, such events are nothing new for Jews and have awakened painful memories and scars left by centuries of anti-Semitism and genocide.". The US president said he was "appalled" by reports that extremists were "torturing innocent civilians".
Soon after, the first planes with American military equipment landed in Israel. The American aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford" with accompanying war cruisers has arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that US intelligence has not seen any indication that Hamas is planning an attack on Israel. Like other White House officials, he reiterated that the US government does not see a direct link between Iran and Hamas' attacks last weekend, Voice of America reports.
A small group of US special operations forces is currently working with the Israelis to assist them with planning and intelligence matters in their operations against Hamas, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
The Gaza Strip is threatened by a humanitarian disaster
Since Saturday, the airstrikes of the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip have not stopped. The number of casualties among Palestinians is increasing hour by hour. So far, over 1.000 people have been killed, and many thousands have been wounded or injured. Hospitals in Gaza no longer have free beds. Medicines and all medical supplies are running out.
Israel has completely blockaded Gaza and cut off the supply of electricity, gas, water and food. More than two million Palestinians have nowhere to escape and are threatened by a humanitarian disaster.
Qatar's Al Jazeera television reproaches the US administration for "showing no empathy" for the suffering of the Palestinians.
The fate of over 100 hostages kidnapped by Hamas and dragged to the Gaza Strip is unknown.
JH/Voice of America
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