America’s Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, in a statement on Saturday has said the US “commitment to Israel’s right to defend itself remains unwavering,” and “closely monitoring developments” that will facilitates whatever it takes to help fight Gaza in the ongoing attacks.
I am closely monitoring developments in Israel.
“Over the coming days the Department of Defense will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism”, Lloyd J. Austin III.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had declared that Israel is “at war” after Gaza Strip militants fired over 2,000 missiles and infiltrated southern parts of the country.
Israel Defense Force (IDF) in a statement said: “In response to the barrages of rockets launched by Hamas from Gaza at Israel” and the IDF is striking Hamas targets in Gaza.
The IDF added that it “is initiating a large-scale operation to defend Israeli civilians against the combined attack launched against Israel by Hamas this morning.”
According to BBC’s reports, Israeli’s counter strikes on Gaza have killed 161 and injured closed to 1,000 people – local Palestinian officials.