Biden expressed his support for Israel's right to self-defense against rocket attacks by "Hamas and other terrorist groups," while calling on Netanyahu, and expressed his clear concern for the outbreak and injuries on both sides.
U.S. President Joe Biden expressed deep concern over the violence in Israel and Gaza when he telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday when he told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Hamas should "stop firing with rockets."
Speaking on the sixth day of the Israeli and Palestinian violence paroxysm that left scores of people dead or injured, Biden expressed his "strong support" for Israel's right to self-defense from rocket attacks by "Hamas and other terrorist groups," in his name Netanyahu, while also emphasizing his clear concern. with fatal outbreaks and injuries on both sides.
"We have condemned this indiscriminate attack on major cities in Israel," the White House said in a statement.
But Biden also raised concerns about the safety of journalists after Israeli air strikes on Saturday stormed a building in Gaza occupied by The Associated Press and other international media outlets.
In a telephone interview with AP president and chief executive officer Gary Pruitt, Secretary of State Antony Blinken provided "unwavering support for independent journalists and media organizations around the world," understanding the "importance" of reporting in violent environments, according to State Department spokesman Ned Price.
Biden, who has so far not commented publicly on the escalating violence, has expressed US support for a two-state solution to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He made the same point in a separate call to President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, the White House said, citing "a strong commitment to the negotiated bilateral agreement as the best way to reach a just and lasting Israeli-Palestinian solution. Controversy."
The US leader, in his first phone call with Abbas since taking office, also "stressed the need for Hamas to stop firing rockets at Israel."
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin "reiterated Israel's right to self-defense," calling Israeli counterpart Benjamin Gantz, according to a reader.
Austin "strongly condemned the ongoing attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups targeting the Israeli people," the organization said, adding that the secretary had "agreed with his view on the need to restore order."
Israel hit the Gaza Strip with air strikes on Saturday, killing 10 family members, while Palestinian soldiers released a rocket fence.
The conflict also hit the West Bank, which was inhabited.
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