The United States has pledged unequivocal support for ally Israel, underlining its right to defend itself after an unprecedented incursion by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip killed at least 1,300 people there and wounded about 3,300.
President Biden denounced the attacks by Hamas, a militant group that controls the Gaza Strip and has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States since 1997, as “sheer evil,” in a speech on Tuesday. “We stand with Israel. And we will make sure Israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack,” he said.
