“I condemn the continuing launching of rockets from Gaza,” he wrote, “Enough Palestinian and Israeli lives have been lost.” He called for a return to the understandings of the past few months, “before it’s too late.”US special envoy Jason D. Greenblatt also took to Twitter calling the actions of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad “deplorable” and said the US “stands firmly in support of Israel’s right to self-defense.”I condemn the continuing launching of rockets from #Gaza. Enough #Palestinian and #Israeli lives have been lost, people injured, houses damaged and destroyed! It is time to de-escalate and return to the understandings of the past few months before it is too late. #UN
— Nickolay E. MLADENOV (@nmladenov) May 5, 2019
He further claimed that by “choosing terrorism” the Palestinian factions in Gaza “prevent the world from trying to help the Palestinians.”Hamas & PIJ have engaged in yet another deplorable act of terrorism, indiscriminately firing hundreds of rockets at Israeli civilian communities. The U.S. stands firmly in support of Israel’s right to self-defense and we call on the international community to do the same.
— Jason D. Greenblatt (@jdgreenblatt45) May 5, 2019