Middle East News
Cheney: Israel did not ask US for go-ahead before Gaza incursion
Jan 4, 2009, 17:36 GMT
Washington - Israel had not sought the green light from the United States before launching its ground incursion against the radical Islamic Hamas in the Gaza Strip, US Vice-President Dick Cheney said Sunday.
'They didn't seek clearance or approval from us, certainly,' Cheney told US television broadcaster CBC in an interview. The Pentagon earlier said Washington had been informed of the military action.
US Senate majority leader Harry Reid - a Democrat senator - meanwhile showed solidarity with Israel. Hamas was an terrorist organization that threatened the Jewish state with rocket attacks, he told CBS.
