Biden pledges support for Israel following Hamas attacks
Investing.com — President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged support for Israel and said his administration would be urging Congress to take action to fund additional military assistance to Israel.
« When Congress returns, we will ask them to take urgent action to fund the national security requirements of our critical partners, » Biden said, reiterating the U.S. support for Israel.
« In this moment, we must be crystal clear, » Biden said. « We stand with Israel. We stand with Israel. »
« Israel has the right to respond and a duty to respond to the vicious attacks [carried out by Hamas], » Biden added, condemning the attack as « sheer evil, » and pledging to provide Tel Aviv with further military aid.
« We’re gonna make sure that Israel does not run out of these critical assets to defendants cities in its citizens, » Biden added.
Following the attacks by Hamas, Israel has ramped up airstrikes on Gaza, and called up about 360,000 reservists, to go on the offensive against Hamas.
