US President Joe Biden, in a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of Washington’s commitment to ensuring Israel’s security, reaffirmed its right to self-defense against Hezbollah attacks, the White House said.
“The president reaffirmed Israel’s right to protect its citizens from Hezbollah, which has fired thousands of rockets into Israeli territory in the past year alone.” – says the message.
At the same time, Biden “emphasized the need to minimize harm to civilians, particularly in the densely populated areas of Beirut,” as well as the importance of a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, the White House said.
The report shows that the parties also discussed issues related to “the urgent need to renew diplomatic efforts to release hostages held by Hamas”, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and “access to the north, including through the immediate restoration of the corridor from Jordan.”
Biden also “unequivocally condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel on October 1.”
At the same time, ABC News, citing Netanyahu’s office, reported that the Republican presidential candidate of the United States spoke by phone with the Israeli prime minister “on his own initiative.” donald trump.
Trump welcomed the “decisive and powerful actions Israel has taken against Hezbollah,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. The office noted that a Republican senator also participated in the telephone conversation. Lindsey Graham*clarifies Interfax.
*An individual included in the RosFinMonitoring list of terrorists and extremists
