Biden reiterates that he is committed to Israel’s security and committed “to a ceasefire that recovers the hostages and prevents conflicts from spreading further than they already have.”
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US President Joe Biden reiterated this Monday his commitment to negotiations for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, also underlining that Washington “is committed to Israel’s security” after Iran’s attack.
“We are committed to Israel’s security,” he told reporters before beginning a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani in the Oval Office.
“We are committed to a ceasefire that will recover the hostages and prevent these conflicts from spreading further than they already have,” he added.
Iran launched, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, an unprecedented attack against Israel, using drones (unmanned aircraft) and missiles, in retaliation for an attack on its consulate in Damascus, Syria, attributed to Tel Aviv. Israel’s air defense systems managed to intercept and destroy 99% of the devices used in the Iranian offensive.
The night the “shadow war” between Iran and Israel came one step closer to becoming an open war
Israel has been waging a war against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year, when fighters from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007 and classified as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Israel carried out an attack against Israeli territory of unprecedented proportions since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, killing 1,163 people, mostly civilians, and 250 hostages, of which around 130 remain in captivity. and 34 will have died in the meantime, according to the most recent assessment by Israeli authorities.
The war, which this Monday marked 192 days and continues to threaten to spread throughout the Middle East region, has so far left more than 33,700 dead in the Gaza Strip, more than 76,200 injured and thousands missing, presumably buried in the rubble. . mostly civilians, according to the latest assessment by local authorities.
The conflict has also left almost two million people displaced, plunging the overcrowded and poor Palestinian enclave into a serious humanitarian crisis, with more than 1.1 million people in a “catastrophic hunger situation” that is already claiming victims: “the highest number ever recorded.” ” by the UN in studies on food security in the world.
Source: Observadora
