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Sunday, May 5, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Pompeo says Israel has ‘every right’ to defend itself
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Israelis have “every right to defend themselves” after terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip continued to intensify a wave of rocket attacks into southern Israel.
Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Pompeo calls the violence “pretty serious.”
“These rockets were fired with civilians around them to protect from return fire,” he says. “This is terrible.”
Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo talks about the current situation between Israel and Gaza pic.twitter.com/FfpNWQRnTq
— Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) May 5, 2019
“I hope we can return to the cease-fire that had been in place for weeks,” Pompeo adds.
— with AP
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