Despite the massacres and destruction, the US Secretary of Defense denies Israel committing genocide : USA

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin denied that Israel had committed "genocide" in the Gaza Strip. Austin said in his speech before the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that Washington attaches great importance to “Israel’s self-defense against threats such as Hamas and Iran.”

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin denied that Israel had committed "genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

Austin said in his speech before the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that Washington attaches great importance to “Israel’s self-defense against threats such as Hamas and Iran.”

He stressed that the United States pledged to Israel to continue its military support.

In response to a question from a member of the Senate, whether the Israeli occupation is committing genocide by killing more than 30,000 civilians and preventing the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, Austin said, “The United States has no evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.” ".

On the other hand, the American Secretary described the attacks by Hamas and the Palestinian resistance on October 7th as a “war crime.”

For more than six months, the Israeli occupation has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip with American support, leaving tens of thousands of victims, most of them children and women, a humanitarian catastrophe and massive destruction of infrastructure, which led to Israel being brought before the International Court of Justice on charges of committing “genocide.”