As Biden Joins Ceasefire Calls, Israel Vows to Continue Striking Newsweek 1 hour ago Tom O Connor © DEBBIE HILL/AFP/Getty Images Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk during joint statements in the prime minister s office in Jerusalem on March 9, 2016.
President Joe Biden has joined growing international calls for a ceasefire in the worsening conflict between the Israeli military and Palestinian factions operation out of the Gaza Strip.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press on with his campaign against enemy fighters.
In his third call with the Israeli leader since rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians erupted a week ago into the worst conflagration among rival forces in years, Biden reiterated his firm support for Israel s right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks launched by a coalition of Palestinian groups led by the Hamas movement
As Biden Joins Ceasefire Calls, Israel Vows to Continue Striking
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Bolstering Iron Dome, IDF threatens harsh response to Gaza rockets
Security cabinet meets after south battered by multiple barrages overnight and Jerusalem clashes resume; army chief cancels U.S. trip to monitor situation; I have ordered preparations for any scenario, says Netanyahu
Yoav Zitun, Itamar Eichner |
Updated: 04.24.21 , 20:02
The IDF decided Saturday to reinforce the Iron Dome missile defense system located across southern Israel, after the communities close to the Gaza Strip border were pounded by dozens of rockets from the Palestinian enclave overnight.
A source in Jerusalem, meanwhile, warned that Israel will respond severely to rocket fire from Gaza.
DEBKAfile
PM Binyamin Netanyahu called an emergency conference of top security and military officials on Saturday afternoon, April 24, to reverse the line taken that morning on the Palestinian overnight 36-rocket barrage from the Gaza Strip as nd its linkage to the surge of Palestinian Islamic assaults on Orthodox Jews. That linkage was made by the Gaza terrorists as a red line to justify the rocket blitz, but it must on no account serve as a guideline for Israel’s security policy, DEBKAfile’s military sources reported. Called to the urgent conference were Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Internal Security and Police Minister Amir Ohana, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Aviv Kochavi – whose flight to Washington Saturday night was canceled, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman, National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat and Police Commissioner Koby Shabtai. Kochavi was forced to postpone important dates on the Iran issue with US Armed Forces Chief, Gen. Mark Millay, Defense Secretary Lloyd A
BICOM
9th April 2021
Reuters report that the South Korean-flagged tanker detained in Iran since January has been released. The Hankuk Chemi and its captain were released after South Korea reportedly made progress in releasing $7bn (£5bn) worth of Iranian funds frozen in South Korean banks due to US sanctions. In February, 20 of the ship’s crew members were released after the South Korean Vice Foreign Minister visited Iran. Officials say that the captain and ship’s release today was unrelated to the frozen funds, though one unidentified official said South Korea has “expressed our firm willingness to resolve the funds issue”. The development comes amid ongoing talks over Iran’s nuclear activities, US sanctions and prospects of reviving the JCPOA nuclear deal.
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