News - Blinken: Israel asked US for additional military aid

The US could announce additional aid to Israel as soon as today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN. “We’re looking at specific additional requests that the Israelis have made. I think you’re likely to hear more about that later today,” Blinken said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Blinken said President Joe Biden’s direction was “to make sure that we’re providing Israel everything it needs in this moment to deal with the attacks from Hamas.” Blinken also told CNN the US has received reports of missing and dead Americans, and the administration is “working overtime” to verify the information. In response to Republicans’ accusations that the Biden administration has been appeasing Iran, and that the unfreezing of Iranian funds contributed to the situation in Israel, Blinken reiterated that no money has been spent from the unfrozen funds intended for humanitarian purposes. “So people are either misinformed or they’re misinforming. And either way, it’s wrong,” he said.