Biden condemns the 'appalling assault' by Hamas as Israel's allies express anger and shock
President Joe Biden on Saturday decried the 바카라 게임 웹사이트appalling assault" by Hamas militants and his administration pledged to ensure Israel has 바카라 게임 웹사이트what it needs to defend itself바카라 게임 웹사이트 after the surprise attack that drew worldwide condemnation and anger from Israel's allies.
Biden made clear in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that 바카라 게임 웹사이트we stand ready to offer all appropriate means of support," according to the White House. He also called Jordan's King Abdullah II. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the White House for meetings and was phoning foreign counterparts, while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Israel's defense minister.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Terrorism is never justified. Israel has a right to defend itself and its people,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Biden said in a statement that also warned 바카라 게임 웹사이트any other party hostile to Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트 against 바카라 게임 웹사이트seeking advantage in this situation.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Washington's support for 바카라 게임 웹사이트Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s security is rock solid and unwavering,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the president said. His Pentagon chief said the U.S. was committed to helping Israel to 바카라 게임 웹사이트protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism바카라 게임 웹사이트 and with its defense needs.
Hamas' unprecedented incursion, coming on a major Jewish holiday, was the deadliest attack in Israel in years and was threatening to spiral into a broader conflict. Israel retaliated with airstrikes in Gaza. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We are at war,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Netanyahu said.
The hostilities dealt a significant blow to U.S. efforts to expand the Arab-Israeli Abraham Accords normalization agreements, not only with Saudi Arabia, which has commanded most of the public attention, but also with smaller Arab states.
U.S. officials say they intend to press ahead but acknowledge efforts are unlikely to bear fruit while there is an active conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Blinken had been planning a trip to the Middle East, with stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia, later this month, but those plans are now on hold, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal administration deliberations.
In the immediate term, these officials said the U.S. would work Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, among Arab partners in the region, to try to deescalate the situation. But given the scale of the Hamas attacks and Israel's military response, the officials said they were not optimistic about any short-term solution.
Like Biden, who said the U.S. 바카라 게임 웹사이트unequivocally condemns this appalling assault,바카라 게임 웹사이트 many world leaders stressed that Israel has a right to defend itself and they pledged solidarity.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We believe that order will be restored and the terrorists will be destroyed,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in a post on his official Telegram channel. Zelenskyy, who is Jewish and had relatives who died in the Holocaust, said 바카라 게임 웹사이트Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s right to self-defense cannot be questioned."
European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen denounced the 바카라 게임 웹사이트senseless attack바카라 게임 웹사이트 by Hamas and said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트This violence is neither a political solution nor an act of bravery. It is purely terrorism.바카라 게임 웹사이트
German Chancellor OIaf Scholz said his country stands beside Israel, a sentiment echoed by the Austrian chancellor, Karl Nehammer. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted that he was shocked by the attacks and that 바카라 게임 웹사이트Israel has an absolute right to defend itself.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In Vienna, the Israeli flag was raised at the Austrian chancellor바카라 게임 웹사이트s office and Foreign Ministry in a gesture of solidarity. "There is no excuse for terror,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Nehammer said in a post on X.
Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트s deputy foreign minister and a former ambassador to Israel and Egypt, told the state Tass agency that Moscow was in touch with 바카라 게임 웹사이트all parties (of the conflict), including Arab countries바카라 게임 웹사이트 and urged 바카라 게임 웹사이트an immediate cease-fire and peace바카라 게임 웹사이트 between Hamas and Israel.
Bogdanov did not specify the Arab nations with which Russian diplomats were speaking.
Saudi Arabia called for an immediate halt to the fighting, urging both sides to protect civilians and exercise restraint.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The kingdom recalls its repeated warnings of the dangers of the situation exploding as a result of the continued occupation, the Palestinian people being deprived of their legitimate rights and the repetition of system provocations against바카라 게임 웹사이트 them by Israel, a Saudi Foreign Ministry statement said.
But in Iran, Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s regional archenemy, members of parliament opened their session Saturday by chanting 바카라 게임 웹사이트Death to Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트Israel will be doomed, Palestine will be the conqueror.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said 바카라 게임 웹사이트today바카라 게임 웹사이트s operation created a new page in the field of resistance and armed operation against occupiers,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported.
In Lebanon바카라 게임 웹사이트s Palestinian refugee camps, hundreds took to the streets to celebrate the operation by Hamas. In the Bourj al-Barajneh camp south of Beirut, residents danced in the streets, while young men in the northern city of Tripoli distributed celebratory sweets to passersby in the streets.
In the Bekaa Valley, pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the roads. The country바카라 게임 웹사이트s highest Sunni religious authority called for mosques to broadcast 바카라 게임 웹사이트God is great바카라 게임 웹사이트 over loudspeakers following afternoon prayers 바카라 게임 웹사이트in solidarity with our people in Palestine.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Associated Press writers from around the world contributed to this report.