Strong words from Joe Biden. The American president visited Israel to support the country in the face of the Hamas attack and held a press conference in Tel Aviv. Joe Biden drew the parallel to September 11th.
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“The total number of victims was fifteen times the number of victims of 9/11.”said the American president. He admitted that what happened happened “unbearable” But he also warned Israel against making the same mistakes as the United States after the 2001 attacks. “Don’t let anger consume you.”implored Joe Biden.
“Unprecedented” help
The President of the United States announced that Israel had agreed to allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip “quickly”. He announced that he wanted inspections to ensure this “The aid does not strengthen Hamas, but rather benefits the Palestinians”.
Joe Biden also believed that the release of the hostages held in Gaza was possible “highest priority” and announced that he would ask ” this week “ Help for Congress “unprecedented” for the Israeli ally.
The Hamas attack on Israel left more than 1,400 dead and 199 hostages on the Israeli side. According to Hamas, around 3,478 people were killed in Israeli retaliatory strikes on the Palestinian side.