US-Israel discussions on military aid ‘very much underway’, says White House official
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Talks with Israel on providing US military assistance are “very much underway,” a White House senior official said Saturday, following the surprise large-scale attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The conflict threatened to escalate to an even deadlier stage with Israel’s vows of greater retaliation. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the unfolding situation. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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Former President Donald Trump and other GOP contenders tried to lay blame on the Biden administration after Hamas militants launched the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, citing a $6 billion transfer to Iran that administration officials insisted Saturday had yet to be spent.
“The Hamas terrorist invasion of Israeli territory and the murder of Israeli soldiers today and the brutal murder of citizens is an act of savagery that must and will be crushed,” Trump said at an appearance in Waterloo, Iowa.
Trump, like others, directly blamed the $6 billion — “American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks,” he said in an earlier statement — and argued that, under Biden, the US is perceived as being “weak and ineffective” on the global stage, opening the door to hostility.
“They didn’t have that level of aggression with me. They didn’t have it. This would have never happened with me either,” Trump claimed, adding later in Cedar Rapids that Biden had…
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