Washington's silence in response to these actions has been deafening, and it does not speak well of the American position in the region or its own policy decisions.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken seemed caught off guard when asked about the assassination of Haniyeh. 'This is something we were not aware of or involved in. It's very hard to speculate,' was Blinken's response.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave a token response about the United States being ready to defend Israel, while White House spokesperson John Kirby came the closest to a criticism, saying 'These reports over the last 24, 48 hours certainly don't help with the temperature going down. We're obviously concerned about escalation.'
On Friday, the United States began moving naval and air force resources closer to Israel, in an effort to contain a major escalation when the response from Iran, Hezbollah, Ansar Allah.
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