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Before Air Force One has even touched down on American soil from Joe Biden‘s trip to a grieving Israel, the White House has just announced the President will be speaking to the country and the world on Thursday.
“Tomorrow, President Biden will address the nation to discuss our response to Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia’s ongoing brutal war against Ukraine,” said Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre this afternoon as Biden flew back from a quick trip to the Jewish state. “This speech will be delivered from the Oval Office at 8:00pm ET.”
Lending gravity to the situation in Israel after the murderous Hamas terrorist attack on the Jewish state on October 7 and a looming invasion of Gaza, this will be a rare time that Biden delivers an address from the Oval Office. The only other time in this first term that the president has delivered an Oval Office address was on the debt ceiling deal on June 2. More commonly Biden’s speeches are delivered from other locations on the White House grounds.
All cable newsers, broadcast networks and online platforms are expected to carry tomorrow’s speech live.
With the House of Representatives lacking a full-time Speaker for the last two-weeks thanks to GOP in-fighting, any funding allocations for either Israel or Ukraine’s fight against Russian invasion are stalled. Having already shipped arms to Tel Aviv, Biden is expected to call for bipartisan efforts to get Congress working and unleash funding. The president is also anticipated to address the fatal destruction of the e Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City on October 17, leaving nearly 500 dead.
In the hours that followed, Hamas were quick to blame Israeli air strikes for the hospital blast. However, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) held a press briefing on Wednesday morning to reveal evidence that it had nothing to do with the tragedy. The IDF is instead pointing the finger at a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. With protests breaking out in the Middle East against Israel and America, the splinter group immediately issued a statement pushing back the accusations.
In Israel today, Biden put the responsibility on “the other team,” noting US Defense Department information and intelligence he had seen.
On Air Force One, Biden came back to speak with the press on his visit to Israel, speaking to families that have lost loved ones, and the intel he has seen that leads him to believe it is “highly unlikely” Israel had anything to do with the rocket that blew up the hospital in Gaza
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