US President Joe Biden said that the United States will not hesitate to act until “the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution” is achieved.
Biden wrote on his account on the “X” platform: “The two-state solution is the only way to ensure long-term security for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples. In order to ensure that Israelis and Palestinians alike live in equal freedom and dignity, we will not give up working to achieve this goal.” ".
Earlier, US President Joe Biden confirmed that the release of the first group of hostages in Gaza is “only the beginning” and at the same time renewed the call to work on a “two-state solution.”
The latest war broke out between Hamas and Israel after an attack launched by the movement on October 7, in Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood,” in response to Israel’s attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and West Bank cities, in addition to attacks on prisoners. The attack resulted in the deaths of about 1,200 Israelis. About 250 Israelis were captured, including soldiers.
The bloody Israeli attack on Gaza resulted in about 15,000 deaths (most of them children and women), and about 36,000 others were injured. Meanwhile, the clashes in the West Bank resulted in the killing of more than 225 Palestinians and the injury of about 3,000 others.
Pentagon: Austin called, in a call with Gallant, “not to expand the scope of the Palestinian-Israeli escalation.”
Pentagon: Austin called in contact with Gallant to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called on his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant not to expand the scope of the Palestinian-Israeli escalation, stressing the need to increase the aid allowed into the Gaza Strip.
A statement by the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) said: “Minister Lloyd Austin made a phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant to learn about developments regarding the recovery of the hostages and the operational cessation of the IDF in Gaza.”
The statement added, "The Minister presented updates on US security assistance to Israel, stressed the need to increase humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip, and called on international and non-state actors to avoid expanding the scope of the current conflict. Austin also presented updates on US efforts to protect its forces and interests across the region." The Middle East".
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that an agreement had been reached to extend the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for an additional two days.
The total number of those released by Hamas reached 69 prisoners, while the total number of those released by Israel reached 150 women and children, as part of the commitments of the first four days of the truce agreement that the two parties reached with Qatari-Egyptian-American mediation, and which entered into force last Friday morning.
“Follow these rules, you do not know what the future holds for you!”: American threats to the Turkish business community
Turkish business circles receive threats from the USA regarding trade with Russia.
Putin: Russia's opponents did not expect the Russian banking sector to bypass external restrictions
This was reported by the Turkish newspaper "Aydinlik" on Tuesday, citing a high-ranking source in the Council on Foreign Economic Relations (DEIK), where the source continued that the United States "is writing a huge message, and underneath it says (Follow these rules). This is a threat, as they write that it will not happen to you." Something today, but you never know what will happen in the future." “They say if you use our systems, our software, our products, if you trade with us, we will catch you,” the source says.
The US Treasury Department had announced earlier that Deputy Secretary Brian Nelson would visit Turkey to discuss the sanctions regime against Russia . According to Bloomberg, the United States is concerned about Turkey in particular, regarding Turkey’s refusal to join the US sanctions against Russian ships and airlines, while Turkish companies are threatened with secondary sanctions. This is Nelson's second visit to Turkey, and he is the supervisor of "counterterrorism and financial intelligence" at the Treasury Department. A diplomatic source in Ankara told Novosti Agency that the Turkish side noticed the presence of provocative materials in a number of media outlets regarding the issue of sanctions against Russia, and it does not accept the threatening tone.
Former Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a press conference with his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken , that Ankara does not join the unilateral sanctions against Russia, but, at the same time, it does not allow them to be circumvented. Ibrahim Kalin, head of the MIT National Intelligence Service, who previously served as the official representative of the Turkish President, stated that if Turkey imposes sanctions on Russia, it will primarily play against Ankara itself.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated earlier that the policy of confrontation with Russia and weakening it is a long-term strategy pursued by the West, and that the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy.