President Biden stated on Sunday that he meant to speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu imminently, shortly earlier than the Israel-Hamas warfare intensified in Lebanon.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) launched an airstrike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Sunday night, marking the primary time the Israeli navy applied an airstrike on the central a part of town amid the yearlong Israel-Hamas warfare.
Talking from Dover Air Pressure Base earlier that afternoon, Biden confirmed to reporters that he deliberate to talk with Netanyahu. The dialog happened hours earlier than the airstrike started.
“Sure, I will probably be speaking to him,” the Democrat stated. “And I am going to let you know what I say to him once I discuss to him.”
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President Biden stated he meant to talk to Netanyahu as Israel’s assaults in opposition to Hezbollah intensified on Sunday. (Getty Photographs | Related Press)
When requested about avoiding an “all-out warfare” within the Center East, Biden stated the U.S. has “to keep away from it.”
“We actually should keep away from it,” Biden stated. “We now have already taken precautions relative to our embassies and personnel who wish to go away.”
“And, however, we’re not there but, however we’re working like hell with the French and lots of others to keep away from [more] warfare.”
The Related Press first reported the airstrike on Sunday night, citing witnesses in central Beirut. The airstrike got here the identical weekend that the IDF systematically focused Hezbollah, a Lebanese terrorist group that helps Hamas.
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A person walks on rubble on the web site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Picture/Hassan Ammar)
The IDF had solely focused south Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, earlier than Sunday’s strikes. Dozens of individuals in Lebanon had been killed by the IDF over the weekend, together with Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
A person stands on the rubble of buildings close to the location of the assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Picture/Hassan Ammar)
The Israeli navy additionally confirmed that Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central Council, was eradicated by IDF forces.
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Fox Information Digital reached out to the White Home for additional remark.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
