Head of Pentagon Lloyd Austin In a conversation with Israeli colleague, murgerated people who died during the new exacerbation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This was announced with reference to the representative of the American Ministry of Defense reported Reuters.
Austin confirmed unshakable support for the United States of Israel’s right to defend himself and defend the Israeli civilian population, as well as murgerated the dead innocent Israelis and Palestinians, “said Pentagon Speaker Statement.
Earlier, on May 18, it was reported that in the Gaza Strip estimated the damage from the strikes of Israel. Local authorities stated that the amount of damage reached $ 244 million. It is noted that as a result of Israeli strikes in the city, 800 residential buildings were completely destroyed.
On May 10, Palestinian groupings of Hamas and Islamic jihad, based in the Gaza Strip, began massive shelling of Israel – more than three thousand missiles were issued in the country. In response, the Israeli army called on five thousand reservists and inflicts air strikes for goals in the Gaza Strip. Clashs are still. According to the latest data, with the beginning of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, ten Israelis and 220 residents of the Gaza Strip were killed.