{"id":108545,"date":"2024-09-30T02:10:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T19:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108545"},"modified":"2024-09-30T02:10:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T19:10:48","slug":"us-was-not-given-notice-of-israeli-strike-that-killed-nasrallah-top-biden-aide-says-us-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108545","title":{"rendered":"US was not given notice of Israeli strike that killed Nasrallah, top Biden aide says | US foreign policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The White House said on Sunday it had not been warned in advance of the airstrike that killed Hezbollah\u2019s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a Beirut suburb and assumed it had caused civilian casualties, while reaffirming its \u201cironclad\u201d support to Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">John Kirby, the national security spokesperson, said the US had not been informed of the airstrike, and that the president, Joe Biden, only found out about it once Israeli planes were already in the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Speaking to CNN, Kirby also said there was \u201cno question\u201d that civilians had been killed in the attack. \u201cWe certainly assume there have been civilian casualties. I don\u2019t think we can quantify it right now but we are in touch with our Israeli counterparts,\u201d Kirby said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"06137eee-802c-4ea3-8727-98e12ab892af\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Impact of Hezbollah assassinations may take months to emerge&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;06137eee-802c-4ea3-8727-98e12ab892af&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/29\/impact-of-hezbollah-assassinations-may-take-months-to-emerge&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0,&quot;design&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Iran has said the US is \u201ccomplicit\u201d in Israel\u2019s action and promised retaliation for Friday\u2019s massive airstrike in Beirut, which killed Nasrallah and raised fears that the conflict in the Middle East could spin out of control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been concerned from the beginning that this could widen to become a regional war,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cWe\u2019ll watched the rhetoric coming out of Iran and we\u2019ll watch what they do. We have capability to defend our troops and our facilities as well as Israel itself if it comes to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is reported to have learned about the strike only when he landed in Washington from speaking in New York. He said he believed diplomacy was the best path forward as Israel\u2019s bombing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/lebanon\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Lebanon<\/a> continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Speaking to reporters in New York on Friday afternoon, Blinken said the Middle East and the world faced \u201ca precarious moment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">On Saturday the US secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, to discuss the situation in Lebanon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3920291\/readout-of-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iiis-call-with-israeli-minister\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">According to<\/a> the defense department, Austin reiterated that Israel had a right to defend itself and that the US \u201cis committed to deterring Iran and Iranian-backed partners and proxies from taking advantage of the situation or expanding the conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kirby said on Sunday: \u201cOur support for Israel\u2019s security remains ironclad and that\u2019s not going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But, he added, that did not mean Biden and Israel\u2019s Benjamin Netanyahu \u201caren\u2019t capable of having tough conversations with one another, and President Biden will continue to stand for the right to protect civilian people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kirby said: \u201cI don\u2019t think anyone is mourning the loss of Mr Nasrallah, a known terrorist with American and Israeli blood on his hands. While we don\u2019t mourn his death, we certainly mourn the loss of any civilian life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But he refused to be drawn into criticism of Israel\u2019s tactic of dropping bombs, which appeared to be US-made, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/09\/29\/israel-bomb-beirut-nasrallah-death\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reports<\/a>, into a densely packed Beirut neighborhood. \u201cHaving decimated the command structure of Hezbollah certainly works to Israeli\u2019s advantage and is good for the region and good for the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe are continuing to talk to Israeli\u2019s about what the right next steps are \u2026 and the president believes there needs to be time and space for diplomacy. That means we\u2019d like to see a ceasefire in place for diplomacy to breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Senior political figures also spoke out Sunday on Israel\u2019s strike in Beirut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe IDF sent a powerful message to Hezbollah,\u201d the Arizona senator Mark Kelly, a Democrat, told NBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt\u2019s good Nasrallah is dead. He\u2019s a terrorist. He\u2019s killed so many innocent people, and that needs to be addressed. It has been addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kelly said Israel had made progress on concerns over civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen some positive responses,\u201d he said. \u201cWe see more use of guided munitions, JDAMs, and we continue to provide those weapons. That 2000-pound bomb that was used \u2026 to take out Nasrallah \u2026 I\u2019m pretty confident that was a guided weapon that was used in that case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Republican senator Marco Rubio, a Republican, was asked if he thought Iran would retaliate. \u201cThat will be Iran\u2019s decision to make,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cAnytime the Iranian regime is on defense, it\u2019s good for the world, good for America and good for Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/29\/us-no-warning-israeli-strike-nasrallah\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House said on Sunday it had not been warned in advance of the airstrike that killed Hezbollah\u2019s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a Beirut suburb and assumed it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108545\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}