Israel-Hamas War | “Israel has right to defend itself…” US State Secy Blinken

Nov 03, 2023

Washington DC (US), Nov 3 (ANI): Supporting Israel amid its war with Hamas, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Israel has the right to defend itself. Making a sharp remark at Hamas, Blinken alleged that Hamas monstrously and deliberately used men, women and children as human shields. Antony Blinken said, “Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself and to try to make sure what happened never happens again. No country would tolerate the slaughter of their civilians. We stand behind that but as democracies, US, and Israel have responsibilities to protect civilians who are caught in harm's way...Hamas cynically, monstrously and deliberately using men, women and children as human shields. Hamas puts their fighters, weapons, and ammunition underneath hospitals, schools and Mosques, this makes it incredibly challenging but we have to rise to that responsibility and we will talk about concrete steps that should be taken to minimise harm to men, women and children in Gaza and this is something US is committed to.”