OCT 25, 2023 : President Joe Biden has stated that Israel can make its own decisions in the face of accusations that it is about to launch a ground assault of Gaza, adding that the US stands behind its partner and advises caution. On October 7, Hamas militants launched unprecedented strikes against Israel, resulting in the deaths of over 1,400 people and sparking the latest confrontation. Since 2007, Israel has fought back with great force against the Islamic militant group that has controlled Gaza. On Tuesday, as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was visiting, Biden made the remark in answer to a question. “Are you urging Israel to delay its ground invasion?” After being questioned, Biden said, “The Israelis can make their own decisions.”Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant unveiled the Jewish country’s three-stage plan last week to alter the “security regime” in Gaza, which implies the elimination of Hamas. According to Gallant, the Israeli Defence Forces (IFD) were conducting aircraft attacks as part of the plan’s initial phase. According to him, there will be a ground incursion after that, and then the security regime in Gaza would change. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 5,000 Palestinians—including more than 2,000 children and 1,100 women—as well as journalists, medical professionals, and first responders have been murdered so far, and more than 16,000 have been injured.Reporters were informed by John Kirby, the White House’s Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council, that the United States will keep making sure Israel has the resources and capacity it needs to protect itself. “We’re going to continue to try to get that humanitarian assistance in, and we’re going to continue to try to get hostages and people out of Gaza appropriately,” he stated. For present, a truce essentially serves the interests of Hamas. That’s our current situation. He responded, “And while I appreciate the question, I’m not going to go ahead of the situation. “We have and will continue to talk to our Israeli counterparts about the importance of avoiding and minimising civilian casualties and respecting innocent life and trying to prevent collateral damage as they go after legitimate Hamas targets,” he stated. “We’re dealing with war, combat, bloodshed, ugliness, and chaos. In the future, innocent bystanders will suffer harm.” I wish I had something different to tell you. In answer to a query, Kirby stated, “I wish that wasn’t going to happen, but it is going to happen.” “That doesn’t make it right, it doesn’t make it dismissible, it doesn’t mean that we aren’t going to still express concerns about that and do everything we can to help the Israelis do everything they can to minimise it, but that’s unfortunately the nature of conflict,” he stated.
