Is that enough to refreeze the 6 billion to unlock to exchange the prisoners . We have not had a dollar of that 6 billion spent, and i will leave it at that. Will you refreeze it based on this activity that you just laid out all of the ways that they are complicit in this . The administration said if we see them going in the wrong direction that we would stop that down. I understand the position that you guys have that not a dollar of this has been spent. So im not going to get ahead of the president s request and the director who will present the request that we send out, but the president was very clear today that we will be making a request to the congress, and it will include a request for funding for support to israel and he made clear that we will renew the question for congress for aid to ukraine. What exact form that all takes that will be worked out and presented by others and not by me and the notion that we will go up and ask for israel aid and ask for ukraine aid, thats unequivocal. We are going to do that. The iron dome and ammunition, were there any other requests made that we could expect to be a part of that . As i mentioned in my opening comments he did make specific requests with respect to other capabilities and im not going to get into the details of that from this podium and he is the president discussed that, and i spoke with lloyd austin who was on his way to the nato defense ministerial about those requests and Secretary Austin is following up on that, and as i said in my opening comments you can expect american planes flying into israel to deliver military capabilities to support israel. To follow up on iron dome, how effective has it been in deterring the attack and you mentioned in term of the interceptors did israel ask for interceptors on an ongoing basis in light of the situation . You ask how effective its been deterring, i cant say that its deterred because a huge number of rockets were fired, because it has been effective as it typically is in taking a lot of those rockets out of the sky and saving countless lives by doing it and of course, some rockets have gotten through to tragic cost and that has been the pattern that we have seen in previous conflicts, as well. Now israel will have an ongoing need for interceptors because an air Defense System is only as good as your ability to put interceptors in that can take out the rockets that are coming in to kill civilians and rain down terror on the cities and we are committed to making sure that we are working with israel to produce and supply the requisite number of Iron Dome Interceptors who can keep those systems going on an indefinite basis Going Forward because we cannot say how long this will be going on. How can we make sure that israel will go after hamas and infrastructure in gaza. [ Inaudible Question ] reaching 850 so far and the former ambassador to washington. How will we make sure . The president said today the difference between countries like the United States and israel is that we do not deliberately target civilians. We are strongest when we are committed to the rule of law and we work to make sure that all Military Operations are conducted consistent with the rule of law and the law war. That is something that President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu have discussed not just in this context, but in previous context, as well. That is something the United States has always stood for and always will continue to stand for. Sorry, Egyptian Intelligence has gotten information to the israelis that the attack was imminent . I cannot confirm that. Prime minister netanyahu tweeted on saturday telling residents of gaza to leave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere. Where does he think people in gaza will go . This is something also that we have been discussing with our counterparts in israel and with our counterparts in egypt and without getting into the specifics of safe passage for civilians and so forth, i would say its something that the u. S. Government is with in supporting how we do that operationally, but the details of that is something that are being discussed among the operational agencies and i dont want to share too much of that publicly. Ill leave it at the fact that we are focused on this question and there are consultations ongoing and ill share more when i have an update for you. And the Prime Minister of democracies and the laws of war. Was that a warning for the Prime Minister and why did the president feel that was necessary to bring it up in the call today . It was not a warning. The call today was not President Biden warning Prime Minister netanyahu about anything. It was two leaders talking to one another. One who is leading a nation that has suffered unfathomable attack and another nation who is standing behind them in the defense their country and the conversation carried on in those terms and the two leaders spoke in a collaborative fashion as they always do. So, no, i cannot accept the characterization of your question. [ Inaudible Question ] also iran is complicit in this attack. Are you trying to down play any role . What are you waiting for to take an action . And my second question, what assessment do you have on where other militia stand now whether in iraq, and can you give us an update on the u. S. Troops in the region . The first question, i laid out our view which is the broadcom blissity based on the longstanding support that hamas has on iran and we dont have specific information that ties iran to this attack. At this time we dont have that information. We may gain that information in the hours and days ahead, but we dont presently have it and thats the answer to your first question with respect to intelligence. With respect to the various Militia Groups across the region, we do believe that they pose an urgent threat and that it is certainly distinctly possible that they choose to try to exploit or take advantage of the situation and we have been sending warnings that doing so would result in a firmer spot than consequences from the United States and that goes across the board, and we have been clear also in sending a message of deterrence through the movement of the care your strike group through the Eastern Mediterranean as well as through the assurance that we will sustain f16s, f35s in theater to be able to deal with any contingency that the United States might have to deal with in the days ahead. Yeah. You said that you oppose the total siege of gaza. What is the u. S. Position on that . I have seen those reports, but my understanding is that is not the concept of siege is not something that, in fact, is going to be perceived by the Israeli Government, but we are consulting with the Israeli Government about their actions in this regard and like i said before to a previous question, President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu had the opportunity to talk between the difference of going full boar between Hamas Terrorists and how do we distinguish between innocent civilians. Thank you very much, jake. Will they detract from the indopacific and have they communicated about what happened in israel and schumers comments said he was disappointed by president xis response. We are not entirely surprised by the response based on their history of commentary on these kinds of issues. We believe that the United States is capable of supporting ukraine and europe, supporting our allies in the indopacific and supporting our close ally, israel, in its hours of need and we believe we have the tools and capacities to be able to effectively do that and part our onis to make sure were working across these theaters and thats precisely what were doing each day. Lawmakers say the u. S. Cant support two wars and can you explain that and tell us how they will make the case that the u. S. Needs to invest, maybe not with boots on the ground, but military and economic aid in both israel and ukraine . Standing for ukraine so that russian aggression does not prevail in europe, the amount of resources that we need to put into that compared to the amount of resources we would have to be if russia were, in fact, to conquer ukraine and have it continue across europe. It is so much more Cost Effective to pay the price now as opposed to pay the price as it ultimately has in the past require troops to combat. So better to support the ukrainians as they stand firm against russian aggression and do so on a sustained basises and we have the Budget Wherewithal to be able to do that and provide israel with what it needs and we reject the notion that the United States of america cannot support the freedomloving people of the state of ukraine and support the state of israel. Is the administration trying to ensure that it is possible and also, i know that you have been in conversations with leaders and a complete siege is something that they are attempting to do in gaza, but is there any restraint . So, on the first question, in reference to a previous question, i spoke about our consultations with the israelis and the egyptians about how to deal with the challenge of civilians who would want to leave gaza. Im not going to get into the specifics of that, only to say that is something we focused on and what we want to focus on and when we have more to offer on this i will to so, and again, at at podium as well as Precease Messames that we talk to the israelis as the way we always do as good friends and honest friends and we will continue to do that. , that, jake. On the home front, over 150 people who are a Terrorist Watch List have been seized along the border this fiscal year and there are 1. 5 million of them got away since the Biden Administration took office. Is this something that the American People should be vigilant. We continue to remain vigilant and something that we very much working on and that we are seeking to secure the resources and continue to work through and any time we see any threat street involving a Terrorist Threat we utilize every asset and resource of the u. S. Government. [ no audio ] and we need to take steps to pursue a humane, orderly Border Policy and we will work with the congress in the weeks ahead to continue to get the resources we need to be able to do that. I would point out that in the last supplemental we actually sought additional funding for the border which was not forthcoming and the ultimate package that went through, so the Biden Administration has said to Congress Already were looking for more resources to be able to deal with the continuing challenges that we have at the border. Yeah . There is not a confirmed ambassador to israel at this point and what are you doing about the nomination that was sent to the senate in late september. Whats the plan to get him on the ground . The senate is coming back into session next week. Second, when we do, we will work with both democrats and republicans and particularly the leaders on both sides and the senator of the Foreign Relations committee and get them out to the region immediately thereafter. When Congress Returns the aid request that youre talking about . Its hard to answer top priority and it is going to be the full spectrum of needs that israel has. Some of that is related to the support that were seeking from congress and then, of course, having highlevel diplomatic representation is going to be critical, as well. So we will move urgently on that the minute that they come back. Yeah. [ Inaudible Question ] so we are right now focused on dealing with the immediate challenge that we are confronting and that israel is confronting and so im not going to give the characterization on the state of plan or normalization. Its not on hold, but obviously over the last four days, all of my attention with respect to our support for israel has been focused squarely on this conflict, on this heinous, brutal attack and on helping israel be able to defend itself. We will continue to try to do that. You and the president compared hamas to isis. What does that do Going Forward . Well, we have Labled Hamas A Terrorist Group for years, if not decades and we have consistently supported israel to undermine hamas and we will continue to do so. In the immediate term, what it means is working with israel to go after that hamas threat in gaza, relentlessly and to the point where they feel that their security and deterrences have been fully restored. Yeah . Mr. Sullivan, are you concerned at all that those who are here in the u. S. , terrorists who are here in the u. S. May be by what happened now and do you know if there are people lurking here . Is there a concern there may be a player . The president Put Out A Written Statement Yesterday with multiple elements to it. One of those elements was about the focus that we have right now on protecting americans here at home against anyone who would seek to exploit or piggyback on what has unfolded. These groups and events that have unfolded in israel. Part of that is protecting places of worship, synagogues and ensuring that we dont see a violent form of antisemitism sparked by what has just happened and part of that is about ensuring that any Terrorist Threat here in the United States or to the United States or to americans anywhere in the world that we are in a heightened state of vigilance to deal with that and thats something the president spoke to yesterday in the statement and its something that he would be convening his National Security team this week because it remains a high priority. Next question . With iran [ inaudible ] the United States does not regret bringing home american citizens who have been detained abroad. As i said before, the president has no higher pray yo Pryority Get Americans home from afghanistan, from venezuela and other places, as well and we stand by bringing those people home because that is the toot of the duty of the commander in chief is to get innocent americans out of captivity in places where they are being unjustly detained. Thank you. They are being unjust detained. Thank you. Youve been hearing from Jake Sullivan at the white house, a wideranging Detailed Press conference. He is now confirming at least 14 americans have been killed after the Terror Attacks began by hamas on israel saturday morning. Sullivan said its believed that there are 20 or more americans unaccounted for, unaccounted for doesnt necessarily mean kidnapped. It just means not sure if they are dead, wounded somewhere, they are simply unaccounted for and missing. Theres a number of things he spoke to and i just want to quickly dig through them. He talked about the highest priority of trying to get americans who are in captivity get them out and get them home. He talked about the importance of communicating here in israel and thats been some of the complaints that you heard that they have not had enough communication with u. S. Officials. Hes talking about the effort and the Biden Administrations, forts to augment israels Defense Capabilities and in particular the Iron Dome System providing and funding more interceptors for that Iron Dome System. As you know theres been a large number of incoming rockets into israel. As this continues getting more of those interceptors for the iron dome will be important. About the role of iran, he said that iran is broadly complicit in this attack even though long support for hamas as well as islamic jihad. He did say that they have not seen proof that iran had advanced warning of this. He was pushed on whether theres been any consideration by the Biden Administration to unfreeze some 6 billion of iranian assets to the iranian regime. He would not answer that question. The u. S. , he said, did not see this coming when asked about the intelligence. He pointed out u. S. Intelligence agencies did not see this attack coming. He also reiterated the importance of the rule the rules of of operating under the rules of war. When asked, this is a particularly interesting question and well talk about this with ben wedeman and clarissa ward, whether asked about the statements of the idf that citizens in gaza and the palestinians in gaza should leave areas the question was where can they go . He would not get to specifics, but he said theyre being discussed and focused on this question. He said hes not going to get ahead of the diplomatic discussions that are going on and not getting into details of specific potential specific