Austin: US not placing conditions on military aid to Israel
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters in Brussels Thursday that the U.S. is not placing conditions on its military aid to Israel.
Austin said Israel is "a professional military led by professional leadership" and "we would hope and expect that they would do the right things in the prosecution of their campaign."
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Austin said U.S. intelligence had no indication or warning that Hamas was planning such an attack.
Echoing other administration officials, Austin said, "We've not seen any indication that Iran was involved in the planning or the execution of this attack," though he added the U.S. will continue to focus on whether that is truly the case.
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Austin said that the U.S. will "work urgently to get Israel what it needs to defend itself," including munitions and Iron Dome interceptors, and said helping Israel won’t affect the U.S. flow of military aid to Ukraine.
-ABC News' Luis Martinez