US President Biden's message of full support to Israel: 'Our security commitment is ironclad'

US President Joe Biden evaluated the agenda at a joint press conference held at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Biden stated that they discussed developments in the Middle East during his meeting with Kishida and, in this context, made assessments regarding both the crisis in Gaza and Iran.

REITERATED RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL

In his speech, Biden stated that they stand with Israel against potential threats from Iran, saying, "We also discussed the Iranian threat to launch a significant attack in Israel. As I told Prime Minister Netanyahu, our commitment to Israel's security against these threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad. Let me say it again, ironclad," and emphasized that they would do everything possible to ensure Israel's security.

DREW ATTENTION TO GAZA

Biden said that in his last conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they discussed the crisis in Gaza comprehensively and that he had clearly expressed his concerns on the matter to him.

The US President stated that the humanitarian aid that has increased in recent days to Gaza is not enough and that he has asked the Netanyahu administration to allow more aid to enter. Biden noted that he also brought up the issue of reducing civilian casualties and conveyed his discomfort regarding this matter to Netanyahu.

Stating that they are closely following humanitarian aid efforts to prevent the humanitarian crisis in Gaza from escalating and that this is closely related to a ceasefire agreement, Biden said, "It's been presented to Hamas (the ceasefire agreement draft), they need to step up and deal with what's proposed. We need to get those hostages home, and we need to get a ceasefire in place for six weeks immediately."