United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed that the US has Israel’s back no matter what as Israel fights its most difficult war against Hamas.
In his remarks to the press at the Cairo airport, Blinken described the current state of affairs in Israel as a difficult and extremely precarious time for the region in the wake of the Hamas massacre. He also said that Israel has the right to defend itself against these attacks from Hamas and to try to do what it can to ensure that this never happens again.
“We came here with four key objectives: to make clear that the United States stands with Israel; to prevent the conflict from spreading to other places; to work on securing the release of hostages, including American citizens; and to address the humanitarian crisis that exists in Gaza. We started, as you know, in Israel. And it was important to make it very clear that the United States has Israel’s back. We will stand with it today, tomorrow, and every day, and we’re doing that in word and also in deed,” Blinken said.
Highlighting his brief interaction with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his recent visit, Blinken told reporters there is a not of assistance “moving forward.”
“I spent time with Prime Minister Netanyahu to go through the needs that Israel may have to make sure it can effectively defend itself, and we’ve already seen a lot of that assistance moving forward, and that’s a conversation that’ll continue,” he said, according to US State Department release.