A few days before the end of his mandate, the American President accepted an arms sale to Israel for 8 million dollars despite calls from part of American society to no longer finance the war in Gaza.
One last deal before leaving. The American administration of Joe Biden announced on Saturday January 4 an arms sale to Israel estimated at $8 billion. The latter, which must still be approved by Congress, notably includes anti-aircraft defense munitions, according to a source close to the matter. It comes shortly before Donald Trump's return to the White House.
Before leaving power, Joe Biden once again brushes aside the pressure put on by certain human rights organizations and elected Democrats who oppose such sales to Israel. “The President made clear that Israel has the right to defend its citizens, in accordance with international law and international humanitarian law, and to deter aggression from Iran and its affiliated organizations.”declared this same source. During a speech to Congress in November, left-wing elected official Bernie Sanders pleaded for an end to these arms sales. “The United States is complicit in all these atrocities. We are financing these atrocities and this complicity must stop,” he had proclaimed. Without being heard by the outgoing President.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised unwavering support for Israel, and unlike all recent presidents, he has never committed to an independent, sovereign Palestinian state. But the Republican also expressed his desire to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Despite intense diplomatic efforts led under the aegis of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, no truce has been concluded since the one-week truce at the end of November 2023.
At least 30 dead during the day on Saturday
The war in Gaza was sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 1,208 people, the majority civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures and including hostages who died or were killed in captivity in Gaza. At least 45,717 people, mainly civilians, have been killed in the Israeli military campaign of retaliation in Gaza, according to the latest report on Saturday from the Hamas Ministry of Health.
Gaza Civil Defense announced on Saturday January 4 that at least 19 people, including eight children, had been killed in several Israeli strikes during the day across the Palestinian territory, the scene of nearly fifteen months of war between the Islamist movement Hamas. and Israel. According to Gazan emergency services, a daybreak airstrike on the al-Ghoul family home in Gaza City left eleven people dead, including seven children and a woman.
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