White House: US will not send ground troops to Israel

The Strategic Communications Coordinator of the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, made assessments about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his statement to reporters.

Kirby stated that they have no intention of sending troops to the field and said that the United States will protect and defend its national security interests wherever those interests lie.

Stating that the first tranche of aid to Israel is on the way, Kirby said: “We will announce more aid in the coming days so that Israel’s enemies do not try to take advantage of the current situation. “We will announce more aid in the coming days so that Israel’s enemies do not think they will take advantage of them,” she said.

Responding to the question of whether Hamas’ attacks have anything to do with Iran, Kirby emphasized that Tehran is “complicit to some extent” because it has supported Hamas for many years. Noting that there is no tangible evidence that Iran was directly involved in Hamas’ attack plans, Kirby said they will continue to investigate the matter.

Regarding normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Kirby said: “We think it’s a good sign not only for the parties, but also for the United States and everyone else in the region.”

CONFLICT ISRAEL PALESTINE

Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack against Israel on the morning of October 7, called the “Aqsa Flood.”

As thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, Palestinian armed groups attacked the Beit Hanoun-Erez border gate on the Gaza-Israel border and seized it. As armed groups entered settlements inside Israel, the Israeli army launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of fighter jets.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of people who lost their lives in the attacks carried out by Israel in Gaza and the West Bank was 704, including 143 children and 105 women, and the number of injured exceeded 4,000.

Israeli forces had killed 18 Palestinians in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank since October 7.

The statement issued by the Israeli Foreign Ministry states that at least 900 Israelis were killed and 2,616 people were injured, 157 of them seriously, in the attacks carried out from Gaza. (AA)