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Saturday, May 4, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Washington backs Israel’s right to self defense against Gazan rockets
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United States says it condemns Gazan rocket attacks on Israel and backs the Jewish state’s right to self-defense.
“The United States strongly condemns the ongoing barrage of rocket attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad from Gaza upon innocent civilians and their communities across Israel. We call on those responsible for the violence to cease this aggression immediately,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus says in a statement.
“We stand with Israel and fully support its right to self defense against these abhorrent attacks.”
— AFP
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