United States will continue to provide Military Assistance to Israel

US will continue to provide Military assistance to Israel despite the aggravation of the conflict in the Middle East. This was stated by the spokesman for the White House Jen Psaki, TASS quotes it.

“We have no plans to change our help in ensuring the security we provide Israel,” she said.

she added that at the same time the United States intends to continue “diplomatic interaction with leaders in the region”, including with representatives of Israel, Palestine and Egypt.

Earlier, on May 21, Senator Bernie Sanders sent a resolution to the US Congress to ban the administration of US President Joe Bayden to sell Israel weapons by 735 million dollars.

On the eve, Israel received the initiative of Egypt on the bilateral cessation of fire with Palestine. According to the official statement of the press service of the government, the Israeli Cabinet of Security Ministers unanimously voted for this decision. Hamas in turn said that he would comply with a truce if Israel would also adhere to him. The cease-fire agreement entered into force on 2 o’clock on May 21.

The aggravation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel began with clashes in East Jerusalem. On May 10, Palestinian groupings of Hamas and Islamic jihad, based in the Gaza Strip, began a massive shelling of Israel – more than three thousand missiles were released in the country. In response, the Israeli army called on five thousand reservists and caused air strikes for the purposes in the Gaza Strip. As a result of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 12 Israelis were killed and at least 230 residents of the Gaza Strip.

/Media reports.