Israel-Palestine War: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaches Tel Aviv in Israel |Oneindia News

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In a television address on Wednesday night, Netanyahu said that the Palestinian terrorist groups beheaded soldiers in Israel. Though there were reports of US President Joe Biden "confirming" the beheading, the White House later issued a clarification that Biden and other US officials had not seen or independently confirmed that Hamas terrorists beheaded Israeli children. In a possible step ahead of the ground offensive into Gaza, Israel has ordered military closure in the region. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday ordered the USS Gerald R Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to assist Israel, if the need arose. As per reports, US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken has reached Tel Aviv in Israel. He is slated to meet with senior Israeli officials. The US Embassy in Israel stated that the Secretary would reiterate his condolences for the victims of the terrorist attac     #AntonyBlinken # US #Israel #Palestine #Hamas #IsraelStateOfWar #StateOfWar #Gaza #OperationAlAqsaStorm #GazaStrip #IsraelGazaWar #BenjaminNetanyahu                 ~PR.151~ED.101~GR.124~HT.96~

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00:00 I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading

00:08 children.

00:09 I never thought I'd ever... anyway.

00:16 But there are countries in the region that are trying to be of some help, including Arab

00:22 nations."

00:23 In a televised address on Wednesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

00:27 said that the Palestinian terrorist groups beheaded soldiers in Israel.

00:31 US President Joe Biden also confirmed the beheading.

00:34 However, the White House later issued a clarification that Biden and other US officials had not

00:39 seen or independently confirmed that Hamas terrorists beheaded Israeli children.

00:45 In a possible step ahead of the ground offensive into Gaza, Israel has ordered military closure

00:49 in the region.

00:50 US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday ordered the US Cheryl R. Ford Carrier Strike

00:55 Group to sail to the eastern Mediterranean to assist Israel if the need arose.

01:01 As per reports, US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has reached Tel Aviv in Israel

01:06 today.

01:08 According to reports, he will meet with senior Israeli officials.

01:11 The US Embassy in Israel stated that the Secretary would reiterate his condolences for the victims

01:16 of the terrorist attacks against Israel and condemn those attacks in the strongest terms.

01:21 "Simple and clear message on behalf of the President of the United States and on behalf

01:24 of the American people, and that is that the United States has Israel's back.

01:28 We have the back of the Israeli people.

01:30 We have their back today.

01:31 We'll have it tomorrow.

01:33 We will have it every day.

01:35 We stand resolutely against terrorism.

01:39 We've seen the almost indescribable acts committed by Hamas against Israeli men, women and children.

01:47 Every day we're learning more.

01:51 And it is simply heartbreaking.

01:53 Not since ISIS have we seen this kind of depravity.

01:57 And we will continue to stand very resolutely against it.

02:00 When I'm in Israel, I'll have the opportunity to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President

02:04 Herzog, other senior officials.

02:07 I look forward to seeing our embassy teams as well that's been doing terrific work during

02:12 these difficult days.

02:14 We're determined to make sure that Israel gets everything it needs to defend itself,

02:17 to provide for the security of its people.

02:20 The significant military assistance requested by Israel is on the way.

02:23 That's on top of everything that we've been doing for years, including with the memorandum

02:27 of understanding that was negotiated by President Obama to make sure that Israel has what it

02:32 needs to defend itself.

02:34 The US State Department has confirmed that at least 22 American citizens have been killed

02:38 in the cross-border attack by Hamas.

02:40 However, the National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said that he couldn't confirm details

02:45 on where or how the Americans were killed as the individual circumstances are not exactly

02:49 clear.

02:50 The State Department also warns US citizens to reconsider travel to Israel and the West

02:55 Bank.

02:56 The combined casualties from both Israel and Palestine have crossed 3,300 so far.

03:02 Israel authorities reported that approximately 1,200 people, primarily civilians, lost their

03:06 lives in the assault.

03:08 On the other hand, the Gaza Health Ministry stated that at least 51 Palestinians have

03:11 been killed and 281 have been injured in the overnight airstrikes by Israel in Gaza.

03:16 The total death toll in Gaza since Israel's retaliatory raids has crossed 1,200.

03:21 The residents in Gaza are facing ever-growing uncertainty after the territory's only power

03:25 plant ran out of fuel and shut down on Wednesday.

03:29 Israel has announced a total blockage of power, fuel and food to the region.

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