TEL AVIV, Israel
Israel’s military said Thursday it is prepared to defend the country and strike back if Iran retaliates for a deadly airstrike on the Iranian Consulate in Syria.
Tehran holds Israel
responsible for the attack earlier this month, which the U.S. military believes
Israel carried out. Israel has not commented on it. The increased tensions have
sparked international concern that Israel’s devastating war against Hamas in
Gaza could spill over into the rest of the Middle East.
Six months of fighting in Gaza have pushed the tiny Palestinian territory into a humanitarian crisis, leaving more than 1 million people on the brink of starvation.
The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, told lawmakers Wednesday she accepted “credible” reports that famine is now occurring in hard-hit northern Gaza.
President Joe
Biden said this week that Israel is not doing enough to increase the flow of
humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Israeli bombardments and
ground offensives have killed at least 33,360 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded
74,993, the Health Ministry says. The ministry doesn’t
differentiate between civilians and combatants in its tally, but
says women
and children make up two-thirds of the dead.
The war started on Oct. 7 when Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis in a surprise attack, mostly civilians. Palestinian militants took around 250 people hostage.
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