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Israeli authorities said late Sunday they had allowed a second batch of aid into Gaza at the request of the United States.
“We have only started striking Hamas,” the Israeli prime minister said. “What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will reverberate with them for generations.”
Israel’s eyes appeared to have been closed in the lead-up to an unprecedented onslaught by the militant Hamas group.
The former president oh-so-modestly assessed the possibility of such an incident on his watch.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The air strikes mark a further escalation in the region following violence this week at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said both sides must work to de-escalate tensions that have soared in “a new and horrifying surge in violence.”
The Israeli action that killed nine Palestinians was the deadliest single raid in the West Bank in over two decades.
The renewed violence at the site came despite Israel temporarily halting Jewish visits, which are seen by the Palestinians as a provocation
The State Department says it supports an investigation into the death of 80-year-old Omar Asaad, who was arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
The senator responded to a question on 'Face the Nation' of whether labeling the Israeli government as so is contributing to the rise in anti-Semitic attacks.