Backfiring as detractors begin. Jim jordan put out this tweet yesterday, no american should accost another for their beliefs. We condemn threats against our colleagues and it is imperative we come together. Stop, it is abhorrent. We will get to the front pages of the papers and that frontline on the israelihamas war. Lets live to the pentagon with pentagon price secretary on military operations on the war between israel and hamas. Let me address the ongoing situation in the middle east and the department of defense response and ill discuss the reports of drone attacks against u. S. Facilities in iraq and syria. As you are all aware, secretary austin recently directed steps to strengthen boss bolster to deter the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean with the uss eisenhower. We are advancing our Fighter Aircraft in the Central Command region to provide additional capabilities. Our posture in the u. S. Naval assets and advanced air fighter we send a strong message to deter a conflict
This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States and all around the world. Im laila harrak. Its 7 00 in the morning in israel. Youre looking at live pictures where the military says it is keeping up its strikes on gaza and on hamas militants after the groups large scale Surprise Attack over the weekend. Hamas also claiming to have launched a major Missile Attack on the southern israeli city of escalon hours ago, targeting their safe houses. And Israeli Police say the target attack made a direct hit on an apartment building. This all comes as hamas claims to be hold mortgage than 100 hostages in gaza, including highranking israeli officers. Inside israel, the death toll from hamas Multipronged Attack now climbing past 700. Since then Israeli Forces clashed on the ground with hamas fighters and responded by Pounding Gaza with their strikes. The Ministry Of Health says at least 413 palestinians have been killed, including 78 children. More dist
They called both sides. Before the end of the escalation, we know that ukraine expressed support for israel, we see that the usa helps not only with words, but also with weapons, and nevertheless, before, we and even now see efforts by the us, somehow in the middle east to settle the situation between israel, for example, in the us administration, insist that israel and saudi arabia continue to work on the normalization of relations, regardless. On the events in the gas sector, in your opinion, in general, how this us policy can change , how the balance of power can really change, and on whose side, i will say this, indeed, the situation is very difficult, if we talk about saudi arabia, because the saudi arabia is, accordingly , an equally important partner for the United States in the near future in the east, rather than israel, so we need to balance them, another issue is qatar, which completely provides protection and shelter for the leaders of hamas, thats the point, and not only i
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States and all around the world. Im laila harrak. Its now 8 00 a. M. In israel where that country is more than gore hours into the most serious threat to its security in modern memory. Perhaps ever. You are looking now at live pictures of ashkalon as the sun comes up. Its widely expected a massive Military Operation will soon engulf this palestinian enclave. Hamas video shows a group of militants storming the gaza border on saturday. One of the most fortified places on the border. Israel confirms a significant number of israelis, including at least one soldier, have been captured by hamas militants. The image youre about to see is deeply disturbing. It shows the motionless body of a Hostage Being paraded in gaza in the back of a vehicle. Persons whereabouts and condition are currently unknown. The Israeli Militarys warning Palestinian Civilians in gaza to leave their homes immediately because of the Military Reprisals to come.
At the same time, and thats also completely understandable, because im somehow sure that in both capitals, in tehran and in jerusalem, it s well aware that its. Practically an obvious thing to deal with, well, its realistic anyway to deal, then we will see how adequate the iranians are, if it turns out that they are not adequate, there will be a serious war, because it is clear that if israel strikes any strategic objects of iran. Iran will not be able to say after that thats it, lets finish. I do not i am sure that this is in favor of putin. In putins favor, if there is going to be any longterm conflict, there is unlikely to be a longterm conflict between israel and iran, because they do not share borders. Ugh. Iran can use hezbollah to launch rocket attacks on the north, but also cautiously, because it understands that if the idf, which has now withdrawn from the sector. Gas will go to the north of israel and to lebanon, then hezbollah and lebanon may collapse, iran is not interested