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“American silence on Iran’s involvement in Gaza is shocking. They are so eager to sign another nuclear agreement that that they don’t want to antagonize Iran,” said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on U.S. policy in the Middle East at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan.
“The reality is there have been a host of statements from Democrats, as well as from Republicans, condemning the missiles, condemning the rocket attacks and making clear that Israel has the right to defend itself,” said Mark Mellman, president and CEO of the Democratic Majority for Israel.
The top U.S. diplomat said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hady Amr is being sent to the region to meet with Israelis and Palestinians to de-escalate the situation.
The terror group that runs Gaza “created a new equation by bringing the issue of Jerusalem and the holy sites into the public discussion and showing itself to be their defender,” said Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies.
The terror group vows to start launching strikes at “new targets” in Israel • Israeli defense minister: “No end date” for Israel’s ongoing military operation.
“One can only talk with the language of power with these criminals,” tweets Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid Hamas rocket barrages.
Israeli air force strikes multiple terror targets in the Gaza Strip • Israeli casualties evacuated to hospital under fire.
In his first public statement since the start of the escalation of riots, rocket attacks and IDF retaliatory strikes, the Hamas Political Bureau head says that “Jerusalem is the central axis of struggle.”
Democrat Andrew Yang on Twitter: “I’m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks and condemn the Hamas terrorists.”
IAF sends 80 aircraft to destroy 150 rocket-launch pits in Gaza • IDF eliminates senior terror commanders, including heads of Hamas’s rocket unit and Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s anti-tank unit • Military assessment: Escalation will only intensify.
It’s “unconscionable” not to condemn Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, says Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
IDF reports that one-third of rockets launched by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad are falling inside of Gaza.
