U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Afghanistan during a speech in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, August 31, 2021.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will address the unprecedented terror attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel as violence in the region soars.
ET from the White House, come on the heels of what the Pentagon has dubbed "ISIS-level savagery" in Israel.
In a statement Monday evening, Biden confirmed the deaths of at least 11 Americans in Israel and acknowledged that some U.S. citizens could have been kidnapped by Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Hamas' attack on Israel "a terrible mistake," warning that the retaliatory strikes on Hamas were "just the beginning."
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Joe Biden, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Israel, John Kirby, Kirby, Hamas What's, Defense Lloyd Austin, Gerald Ford, Austin
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White, WASHINGTON, Pentagon, European Union, United, Defense, National Security, Israel, Hamas, Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group, Air Force
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Afghanistan, Washington, Israel, Gaza, U.S, United States