Global | 2023.10.09 07:59
[시드니=뉴스핌] Correspondent Kwon Ji-eon = The United States promised prompt support, including the mobile deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group and the provision of military equipment, to support Israel, which was attacked by the Islamic militant group Hamas.
According to Reuters on the 8th (local time), U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a statement and announced that he had ordered the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group to move to the Eastern Mediterranean.
The aircraft carrier battle group consisted of the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, the cruiser Normandy, and the destroyers Thomas Hudner, Mammy, Carney, and Roosevelt.
Black smoke is rising from the Gaza Strip, Palestine, which was attacked by the Israeli Air Force on the 7th (local time). [사진=로이터 뉴스핌]
Secretary Austin added that the Department of Defense has also taken steps to strengthen fighter squadrons in the region, including the F-35, F-15, F-16, and A-10, and plans to send ammunition and other military supplies to Israel.
The Washington Post (WP), citing a source, reported that Israel requested the United States to replenish interceptor weapons for its defense system ‘Iron Dome’, small bombs, ammunition for machine guns, and share information on military activities in southern Lebanon.
President Joe Biden had consecutive phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the day before and today and repeatedly promised full support.
According to the White House, the two leaders discussed Hamas’ kidnapping of families, the elderly, and children as hostages.
Australian daily AFR reported that Hamas carried out the largest attack in 50 years, and that the total number of deaths on both sides exceeded 1,100.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially confirmed that 700 of its citizens have died so far, and the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that at least 413 of its citizens have died, 78 of them children.
“A series of operational decisions have been made to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
Prime Minister Netanyahu then said, “We are beginning a long and difficult war,” adding, “This war was forced on us by Hamas’ murderous attacks.”
Hamas launched thousands of rockets targeting southern and central Israel around 6:30 a.m. on the 7th, targeting the Jewish Sabbath.
It is also known that armed militants infiltrated the area and captured dozens of Israeli soldiers and many civilians as hostages. It is predicted that the number of hostages will be much higher.
kwonjiun@newspim.com
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