Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said USA will continue to assist Israel.
“We will continue to protect American forces and our citizens in the region, we will continue to flow critical security assistance to Israel as they defend themselves against further Hamas terrorist attacks.
As mentioned, we're coordinating closely with the Israelis to help secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, to include American citizens. We've strengthened our force posture across the region to deter any state or non-state actors from escalating this crisis beyond Gaza. This includes, as you saw over the weekend, the transit of the Eisenhower carrier strike group into the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility” Ryder said.
He also referred to the Syrian situation. "Since October 17th, we've had 20 attacks in Iraq, 18 in Syria, a total of 38 of these, essentially what are harassing attacks of drones and rockets", Ryder added.
