Blinken says US exploring all options to bring Americans taken by Hamas home

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir on Thursday and mentioned how the U.S. is operating to loose the Americans who had been taken by Hamas all through remaining weekend’s assault.

Blinken stressed out that the U.S. is exploring all options in getting the American electorate who had been taken by Hamas forces again safely, on the other hand, he would no longer say if the ones plans integrated the usage of U.S. Special Forces.

“I’m not going to get into the specifics of what we’re looking at considering, unfortunately, [that] we have a lot of experience with this over the years,” he advised Muir. “And President Biden has always been determined in these situations, to explore every possible option. That’s what we’re doing.”

Blinken famous that the U.S. is operating with different nations “who may have relationships, who may have influence, [or] who may have leverage, with Hamas to use that leverage, in favor of getting the hostages home, and getting them out.”

“That’s a conversation I’ll be continuing as I move on from Israel,” Blinken stated.

Earlier within the day the secretary of state met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and all through the assembly, Blinken stated he was once proven ugly pictures and movies of sufferers who had been killed and wounded all through remaining weekend’s assault. Blinken stated that the pictures, a lot of that have been no longer noticed ahead of, had been “genuinely overwhelming.”

“A young infant riddled with bullets, a family hugging each other, in a death embrace, having been burned to death, beheaded soldiers,” Blinken stated, describing what he noticed. “It almost defies human comprehension precisely because it’s not human.”

When requested about President Joe Biden’s caution in opposition to Iran, Blinken famous the lengthy courting between Hamas and Iran however stated that the U.S. these days has no proof that Iran participated in or helped plan the assault.

“That doesn’t mean that it didn’t, we just don’t have the evidence to show it,” he stated.

As Israel prepares for a conceivable floor incursion Blinken stressed out that “Israel has not just the right but the obligation after what it’s experienced, to defend its people.”

He additionally famous that Hamas is the usage of Palestinians in Gaza as “human shields.”

“One of the many tragedies that Hamas inflicts on people is the tragedy it’s inflicted on the Palestinian people, including all the good people in Gaza,” he stated. “Instead of using the resources that are at its disposal to actually better their lives, what has it done? It’s used almost all of its resources for terrorist tunnels and rockets to attack Israel.”