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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: What to Know About U.S. Military Support for Israel’s Gaza Offensive [Watch (HLS stream): What to Know About U.S. Military Support for Israel’s Gaza Offensive](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/cgtJ4g8m.m3u8) (2:48)  _Published 2023-11-03. As Israel races through its stockpiles of ammunition and air defense interceptors, it will be heavily dependent on longstanding U.S. support to replenish its stockpiles. The U.S. has promised to surge its military support for Israel, even as criticisms mount over the Biden administration’s failure to prevent the biggest recipient of U.S. military aid from causing significant civilian casualties in its offensive._ --- Nov 3, 2023 9:29 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Top U.N. Court Orders Israel to Halt Military Offensive in Rafah](/video/0vWjinX8/) ### Top U.N. 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I reread it may clear our support for Israel's right to defend itself and its obligation to defend itself to provide for Israel's defense as well as for Urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza this right to self-defense and obligation to self defense belongs to Every Nation. No country could or should tolerate the slaughter of Innocents. You heard me speak to. some of the stories that Israelis have experienced on October 7th today. We saw a additional images additional footage. collected by the Israeli government from video cameras some the terrorist song others in communities that were attacked It remains almost. Beyond human capacity the process to digest I saw for example. The family on a cubit to Father two young boys, maybe 10 11 years old. Grabbing them pulling them out of their living room going through their very small backyard and into a shelter. followed seconds later by a terrorist who throws a grenade? into that small shelter and that is the father comes staggering out shoot some down. And then the boys come out. and they run into into their house And the camera in the house is filming everything and they're crying. Where's Daddy? One says the other says they killed Daddy. Where's my mommy? And then the terrorist comes in. And casually opens the refrigerator and starts to eat from it. That's what we're dealing with. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What to Know About U.S. Military Support for Israel’s Gaza Offensive","description":"As Israel races through its stockpiles of ammunition and air defense interceptors, it will be heavily dependent on longstanding U.S. support to replenish its stockpiles. 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