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US developing contingency plans to evacuate Americans from Mideast in case Israel-Hamas war spreads
The White House said Tuesday that "prudent contingency planning" is underway to evacuate Americans from the Middle East in case the Israel-Hamas war spreads into a broad regional conflict.
Blinken, Austin say US is ready to respond if US personnel become targets of Israel-Hamas war
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday that the United States expects the Israel-Hamas war to escalate through involvement by proxies of Iran, and they asserted that the Biden administration is prepared to respond if American personnel or armed forces become the target of any such hostilities.
FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts
False claims about the latest Israel-Hamas war are flooding social media, making it difficult for onlookers to sort fact from fiction. Here are the facts: Israel Defense Forces didn't say in a Facebook post that it bombed a hospital in Gaza, the account was a fake. Qatar's emir has not threatened to cut off the world's natural gas supply if Israel doesn't stop bombing Gaza. BBC News didn't publish a report saying Ukraine provided weapons to Hamas, a video was fabricated to look like it came from the outlet. Nimrod Aloni, a top general in the Israeli army, was not captured by Hamas militants.
Biden declares Israel and Ukraine support is vital for US security, will ask Congress for billions
Declaring that U.S. leadership "holds the world together," President Joe Biden told Americans on Thursday night the country must deepen its support of Ukraine and Israel in the middle of two vastly different, unpredictable and bloody wars.
Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being ‘consumed’ by rage
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel had agreed to allow humanitarian assistance to begin flowing into Gaza from Egypt, with the understanding that shipments would be subject to inspections and that aid should go to civilians and not Hamas militants.
Blinken vows US support for Israel ahead of possible ground operation as strikes pound Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed American support to Israel on Thursday as its military pulverized the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with airstrikes and prepared for a possible ground invasion.
Biden says there’s ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’
President Joe Biden said Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he sought to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort. But time is running out, the president said in a warning to Congress.