US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin joins Vice President Kamala Harris in sounding the alarm over the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza where the UN says no humanitarian assistance has entered for nearly two weeks.
During a call earlier Sunday with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Austin “raised the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and stressed that steps must be taken to address it,” the Pentagon says in its readout.
Austin also expressed his condolences over the four Israeli soldiers killed hours earlier in a drone strike on an IDF base, the Pentagon says.
The defense secretary reiterated yesterday’s call for Israel to ensure the safety of troops from UNIFIL and the Lebanese army who have come under IDF fire in recent days.
Austin also stresses the need “to pivot from military operations in Lebanon to a diplomatic pathway as soon as feasible,” the US readout says.
“I reaffirmed the United States’ unwavering, enduring, and ironclad commitment to Israel’s security,” it adds.
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