The president of the United States, Joe Biden, stressed this Wednesday before leaders of the Jewish community in the country that the attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas against Israel It was “pure cruelty” and he never thought he would see images of terrorists”beheading children“.
“It is important for Americans to see what is happening. I have been doing this for a long time and I never thought I would see and have confirmed images of terrorists beheading children,” he noted at that meeting, denying Hamas’ position.
He Islamist group has denied having “killed children”beheaded and attacked civilians” during his attack on Israel on Saturday, in response to what he called “fabricated accusations” by Israeli soldiers about massacres perpetrated in kibbutzs by those militiamen.
Hamas’ statements came shortly after the Israeli Army denounced that the militiamen had murdered “women, children, babies and the elderly who were brutally massacred in the manner of the Islamic State” during the attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
Support for Israel
“This is not about revenge, but about decency,” added Biden, according to whom the Hamas offensive “It was pure cruelty, simply hateful cruelty against the Jewish people.and I would say it is the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.”
Biden’s intervention has served to reiterate the support shown by the US from the beginning to Israel. Thus, the United States has already sent the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and a group of US Navy destroyers to the Eastern Mediterranean, and in the coming days it will send a second aircraft carrier as part of its efforts to avoid an escalation of the conflict.
“The Wars have rules and I believe Israel is doing everything in its power to keep the country together,” Biden added, adding that the US will also do everything in its power to bring back Americans “who are in danger.”
22 Americans dead
At least 22 Americans died in Hamas attackwhile the number of US nationals taken hostage to Gaza is still uncertain.
Biden has stressed that, as he said he learned from his father, “silence is complicity“. “I refuse to remain silent,” he told representatives of the Jewish community in the United States, to whom he expressed his confidence that “there is a chance to end this so that it is very difficult to repeat itself.”
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“We are working closely with our partners in Israel and around the world. “My commitment to the security of Israel and the security of the Jewish population is unwavering,” added the president, who also stressed that the United States has sent experts to the country to help in the recovery of hostages.
The surprise attack by Hamas, which began on Saturday a war that continues to register strong exchanges of fire, has already left at least 1,200 dead in Israel and more than 2,900 injured. On the Gazan side, the Palestinian Ministry of Health registers 950 dead and at least 5,000 injured.