US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Israel has the absolute right to self-defense and any prospective Middle East peace deal must account for that right
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th March, 2019) US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Israel has the absolute right to self-defense and any prospective middle East peace deal must account for that right."The United States recognizes Israel's absolute right to defend itself," Trump said ahead of his bilateral talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they had started striking Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire that destroyed a house in central Israel.
Any possible future Middle East Peace agreement, Trump added, must take into account Israel's right of self-defense.
The United States does not want to see another such attack against Israel, Trump said. The US president also said he would discuss the issue with Netanyahu.
"We will be discussing trade, but we will mostly be discussing this defense and perhaps offense," he said.
According to medical reports, seven people, including children, were injured in Monday's attack.
The rocket was launched ten days after the shelling of Tel Aviv, the country's second-largest city, to which the Israelis responded with strikes against hundreds of militant targets in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians had not attacked territories so deep inside Israeli since the armed conflict in the summer of 2014, limiting themselves to attacks on the southern Israeli regions adjacent to the enclave.
Last week, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution condemning the excessive use of force by Israel against Palestinians during the Right of Return protests in March.
