Republicans Slammed Over ‘Attempt to Politicize’ Hamas Attack – By Aliss Higham (Newsweek) / Oct 8, 2023
Democrats have fought back over claims by some prominent Republicans that the Biden administration has “funded” attacks on Israel by the armed wing of Hamas on Saturday.
Former President Donald Trump and several other Republican politicians have attempted to place responsibility on the Biden administration following the deadliest attack on Israel by Hamas militants in decades. They pointed to a $6 billion transfer to Iran, which administration officials insisted on Saturday had not yet been utilized.
On Saturday morning, the armed wing of Hamas launched thousands of rockets at Israel and reportedly dispatched fighters by both land and sea during a widespread operation they named “Al-Aqsa Flood,” in reference to the revered holy site in disputed East Jerusalem. Following the attack, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was now “at war”.
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