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Miami, Nov 5 (EFE).- The US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, reaffirmed this Sunday the “strong commitment” of the United States to Israel’s right to defend itself.
Lloyd held a conversation today with the Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant, in which he was informed of Israel’s most recent operations in the Gaza Strip and that the former took the opportunity to also ensure the “commitment” of the United States to “deter ” to anyone seeking an escalation of this conflict.
The US Secretary of Defense also “emphasized the importance of protecting civilians and providing humanitarian assistance” in this war, according to the Defense Department statement.
This Sunday the pro-Iranian group Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for a new attack against the Ain al Asad military base, which houses US personnel in western Iraq, in the midst of the unexpected visit to Baghdad of the US Secretary of State. Antony Blinken.
In Blinken’s visit today to Iraq, which was not announced on the agenda of his Middle East tour, he said that the recurrent attacks by pro-Iranian militias against bases with a US presence in Iraq and Syria are “totally unacceptable,” and warned that his country “will take any necessary steps to protect” its personnel in the Middle East. EFE
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