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Israel warns of long war as Blinken feels conflict firsthand

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TEL AVIV: Israel warned on Monday (Oct 16) of a long but winning war against Hamas as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his second visit within days to promise full support after a major attack.

The top US diplomat, back in Israel after visiting six Arab countries, visibly witnessed the intensifying conflict when air raid sirens went off as he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet at the defence ministry complex in Tel Aviv.

Blinken replied that the United States was"deeply committed to Israel's right - indeed, its obligation - to defend itself".'If we bathe, we won't drink': Gazans struggle as water supplies dwindle Israel has responded with relentless bombing, killing around 2,750 people, the majority ordinary Palestinians, in the impoverished Gaza Strip which it has long blockaded.

 

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