ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that the Pentagon will work to ensure that Israel “has what it needs” to defend itself, amid an outpouring of international condemnation of Hamas over the terror group’s surprise assault on the Jewish state.
The unequivocal American statement—the third U.S. comment within an hour—followed a multi-front Palestinian terror attack which left at least 100 Israelis dead and 900 wounded, and came as U.S. President Joe Biden was expected to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
