Warning as a threat from the United States: we are ready to respond
US Secretary of State Blinken stated that the US expects the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to “intensify with Iran’s intervention” and emphasized that the Biden administration is prepared to respond if US personnel or armed forces in the region “are the target of any hostile action. “
“This is not what we want,” Blinken said. We don’t want the tension to increase. “We don’t want our forces or our personnel to be attacked, but if that happens, we are prepared for it.” He made his assessment and stressed that no one wants to see a second or third front in the war.
Stating that they expect Iranian officials to increase their attacks against US forces and personnel in the region, Blinken stated that necessary steps have been taken to ensure the safety of these individuals and “respond decisively when necessary.”
SOLDIERS WERE DEPLOYED IN THE REGION
Blinken asserted that additional military elements, including two aircraft carrier task forces, were deployed to the region, saying, “We did (this) not to provoke but to deter and clearly show that we are there if anyone tries to do anything.” saying.
In the written statement made today by the US State Department, it states that non-critical staff were ordered to leave the US Embassy in Erbil and the Consulate General in Erbil.
ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT
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 and seized the Beit Hanun-Erez border gate on the Gaza-Israel border.
Armed groups then entered settlements inside Israel from here and the Israeli army launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of fighter jets.
It was reported that 1,400 Israelis, including 306 soldiers, were killed and 5,132 Israelis were wounded in the attacks carried out from Gaza.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced that 4,651 people, including 1,873 children and 1,023 women, were killed and 14,245 people were injured in Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
It was claimed that 90 Palestinians were killed in attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.
18 journalists lost their lives in Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
In clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah on the Israel-Lebanon border since October 8, 24 Hezbollah members and 4 civilians, including a journalist, lost their lives.
Three Israeli soldiers and one Israeli civilian lost their lives in the attacks carried out by Lebanon. (AA)