State Department
Stands With Israel Over Gaza Rocket Attacks
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By JNS November 13, 2018 , 11:02 am
From twenty years
old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall
list them, company by company. Numbers 1:3 (The Israel Bible™)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US
President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC. (Credit: Haim
Zach/GPO)
As the latest attacks against Israel from Hamas have
taken place in Gaza, the U.S. State Department
condemned the terrorist group and reaffirmed that Israel has the right to
defend itself.
“We are aware of reports of ongoing rocket and mortar
attacks from Gaza against targets in Israel,” a State Department official said
Monday. “We condemn these attacks and call for their immediate halt. We
stand with Israel as it defends itself against these attacks.”
According to the Israeli Defense Forces, more than 400
rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel on Monday and
early Tuesday amid renewed tensions following the death of an Israeli special-forces soldier,
with the Iron Dome missile-defense system intercepting dozens of them, while
others have struck Israeli homes and buildings near the border, or have landed
in open areas.
In response, the IDF said it has hit 20-plus Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad
targets in Gaza, including terror compounds, observation posts and
rocket-launching squads.
The IDF also destroyed Hamas’ main TV channel, Al-Aqsa
TV.
“Terrorists in Gaza are again attacking Israel with tools
of war,” tweeted Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration’s Special
Representative for International Negotiations. “These rocket & mortar
attacks on Israeli towns must be condemned by all. Israel is forced once again
into military action to defend its citizens. We stand with Israel as it defends
itself against these attacks.”
He continued, saying “Hamas’ activities continue to prove
they don’t really care about the Palestinians of Gaza & their only interest
is to use them for political purposes. Even Palestinian lives seem not to
matter to Hamas.”
“The world has grown tired of Hamas’ violence and the
violence of other bad actors in Gaza,” he added. “This violence prevents any
real help for the people of Gaza.”
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