Joe Biden defers to Israel's autonomy in Gaza ground invasion, says, ‘Israelis can make their own decisions’
PTI reported. Biden's statement was made on Tuesday during a photo opportunity with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when he was asked about it.
“Are you urging Israel to delay its ground invasion?" Biden was asked, to which he replied, “The Israelis can make their own decisions." Also Read: Israel-Hamas War Day 19: Israel labels Gaza conflict ‘war of the free world’ at UN meeting Last week, Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant outlined the nation's strategy to alter the "security regime" in Gaza, which implies the removal of Hamas. He detailed that this plan has been devised in three distinct stages.
Gallant said that the Israeli Defence Forces (IFD) was in the plan's first stage when it was carrying out aerial strikes. “It will be followed by ground incursion and finally, the change of security regime in Gaza", he said.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 5,000 Palestinians have been killed so far, including over 2,000 children and 1,100 women, as well as journalists, medical workers and first responders, with more than 16,000 injured. John Kirby, the Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, informed journalists that the United States remains committed to providing Israel with the necessary tools and capabilities to safeguard its defense.
Also Read: Hamas war: Israel’s ‘right to defend' against terrorism gets a thumbs-up from UK, US, Canada, France, Germany and Italy “We're going to continue to try to get that humanitarian assistance in, and we're going to continue to try to get hostages and people out of Gaza appropriately," he said. Meanwhile, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer are scheduled to visit
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