{"id":148519,"date":"2023-10-14T13:18:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148519"},"modified":"2023-10-14T13:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:18:53","slug":"defense-secretary-the-us-will-support-both-israel-and-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148519","title":{"rendered":"Defense Secretary: The US will support both Israel and Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lloyd Austin announced the Pentagon’s readiness to provide more military aid to Israel in advance of the latter’s planned Gaza operation. The Pentagon’s supplies to Israel will include ammunition, air defense capabilities, and other needed equipment. Israel projects that their fight against Hamas would be a prolonged one.<\/p>\n

From Reuters:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The United States and other Western allies have said they will support Israel as it prosecutes what Israeli leaders say will be a prolonged war.<\/p>\n

“The USS Gerald R. Ford strike group is now in the region led by the largest aircraft carrier in the world. We’ve augmented U.S. fighter aircraft squadrons in the Middle East and … stand fully ready to deploy additional assets if necessary,” Austin told reporters in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n

Austin, who spoke alongside his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, cautioned that it was a time for “resolve” and not “revenge”.<\/p>\n

SUPPORT TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE<\/strong><\/p>\n

He compared Hamas with Islamic State, the bloodthirsty Islamist group that emerged in Iraq and Syria a decade ago, repeating a line being used by Israeli leaders as they rally support for their upcoming assault on Gaza.<\/p>\n

Hamas militants killed women, children and the elderly in their brutal attacks on towns in southern Israel.<\/p>\n

Austin also sought to reassure Ukraine, adding that Washington would support Israel in its war against Hamas at the same time as continuing to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reuters has additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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