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Biden condemns 'sheer evil' of Hamas attack on Israel
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Visibly angry and emotional, U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the attacks by Hamas.
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He described the atrocities as "sheer evil" and said Washington is rushing more military
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equipment to the region.
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The U.S. is Israel's closest ally.
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And Biden also warned other nations to stay out of the conflict.
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"We're going to continue to stand united, supporting the people of Israel who are suffering
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unspeakable losses and opposing the hatred and violence of terrorism.
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We're surging additional military assistance, including ammunition and interceptors, to
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replenish Iron Dome.
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We're going to make sure that Israel does not run out of these critical assets to defend
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its cities and its citizens."
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Our correspondent in Washington, Frazier Jackson, with more on Biden's address.
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Yes, so this was the first time we've seen Joe Biden in a couple of days.
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We hadn't seen him since that speech on Saturday in the immediate aftermath of the rocket attack
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on southern Israel.
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He'd actually come under some criticism for being missing for a couple of days out of
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the public eye.
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The White House had pushed back on that, saying that he was working very hard and calling
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with lots of different people.
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He'd been on dozens of calls with regional allies, European allies, to try to coordinate
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some kind of response.
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When we did see him yesterday, sorry, earlier today, it was a very emotional speech.
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He called the attacks abhorrent and used a lot of vivid imagery and called also the attacks,
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the thing that started to me was him calling them in violation of every human morality
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code.
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Now, he likened the attacks to the Islamic State as well, but moved on from that and
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swiftly moved on to the support of Israel, what the US is offering to Israel.
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They obviously have sent that aircraft carrier, which is now there in the eastern part of
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the Mediterranean.
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They've also, Israel received the first shipment of US arms that they had already purchased.
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The rest of, I'm told, of their orders that are on backlog are being expedited by the
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Department of Defense.
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He also sent a message to other regional players in any other country or organization that
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was looking to maybe take advantage of this moment with one simple word, don't.
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He repeated that numerous times and that is obviously what that aircraft carrier and its
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strike group is there to do, is to act as a deterrent.
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The other main thing that came out of it for Americans, this speech, was the death toll.
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We found out that the death toll had gone up from 11 to now 14 Americans confirmed dead
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in these attacks.
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Also, we got an update on the hostage situation.
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Up until this point, the White House and the National Security Council weren't really sure
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how many Americans were caught up in this.
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And now, Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor, after the President's speech, confirmed
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to the press that at least 20 Americans are missing.
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Now, he didn't say how many of those were taken hostage, but at least 20 at the moment
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are unaccounted for.
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