Hamas attacks on Israel had echoes of Nazi massacres, says Antony Blinken
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6FGV1)
At press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, US secretary of state says America will always be by Israel's side
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has said the attacks by Hamas on Israel on Saturday had harrowing echoes" of Nazi massacres, as he stood alongside the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netayanhu, in Jerusalem in an act of public solidarity.
Blinken, who is Jewish, vowed that the US would stand for ever alongside Israel, and he would be using his tour of the region to urge all parties, especially Hezbollah, not to broaden the conflict or open a second front.
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