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In just a few hours, Hamas fighters killed more than 1,200 people in Israel, including many civilians. Since then, the conflict has escalated and Israel is preparing to invade Gaza. Now Joe Biden (80) wants to travel to Israel. On Tuesday, the US president confirmed his plans for a visit.
A difficult task for the Secret Service, which is responsible for Biden’s security. Biden’s people are already exploring areas around Israel where many people have been killed by Hamas. It is quite possible that Biden will visit these locations tomorrow. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (61) is already in Israel.
Blinken felt the danger firsthand. There was an air raid siren in Tel Aviv during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (73). As a result, the politicians had to take shelter in a bunker and wait five minutes. Such situations could also become a problem during Biden’s visit.
Maximum secrecy during your visit to Kiev
In the past, presidents have often sent their secretaries of state alone in similar situations: “People try to strictly choreograph presidential visits. “But wars are never strictly choreographed,” Jon Alterman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies told Reuters. However, Biden has shown in Ukraine that he is willing to take risks. Last February he visited President Volodymyr Zelensky (45) in Kiev. According to a journalist who was there at the time, the visit took place in great secrecy.
Biden did not fly his Air Force One, but a smaller, stealthy aircraft. The transponder was switched off, so the flight could not be tracked. The plane took off in the middle of the night and eventually landed in Poland. From there we took the train to Kiev.
Despite security personnel, the journey should be as unobtrusive as possible. The invitation only stated the “golf tournament”. Russia was also informed a few hours before the arrival, but it remained quiet that day. Many of the same safety measures will likely be taken during the current visit, but this trip is different.
Advisors are said to have advised against Biden
In Jerusalem, the aggressor is not another government, but a terrorist organization. It was publicly announced that Biden would visit Israel on Wednesday. Hamas knows about it too. It is unclear whether the country will be as cautious as Russia. But the US government also influences Israeli activities.
With Biden’s visit to Tel Aviv, he also symbolically connects his country with Israel. According to the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, advisors advised him against the trip. No one wants to take the risk that the president is in Israel while images of the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip are circulating around the world. The White House probably demanded that the offensive only start after Biden’s visit, the ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ speculates.
The army contradicts this. “I do not expect that President Joe Biden’s visit tomorrow will delay or complicate the ground offensive in Gaza,” a military spokesman said Saturday morning. “I think the president also said that Hamas must be destroyed, and that is exactly our military goal.”
Source: Blick
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