Representative Ayanna Pressley posted to social media against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley is seemingly blaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the violence that took place today in the Middle East in a new post to social media.
«Netanyahu’s invasion of Lebanon is putting millions of people at risk, forcing thousands to be displaced, and inciting a regional war», Pressley posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. «The escalating violence must end. In Lebanon, in Gaza, and across the region.»
Iran has fired a series of missiles at Israel in what appeared to be the latest escalation as Israeli forces battle the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement in Lebanon.
The attack was later confirmed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which said «dozens of ballistic missiles targeting important military and security targets» were launched in «self-defense» over the killing of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July and in response to «the intensification of the regime’s evils with the support of the United States» over attacks in Gaza and Lebanon.
Newsweek reached out to Pressley’s office for comment but did not hear back immediately.
Pressley had called Hamas’ attacks on Israel last October «devastating» and «deeply alarming.» She had called for «an immediate ceasefire and de-ecalation.»
«It is long past time to stop this cycle of violence & trauma, and work toward a just & lasting peace in the region», Pressley said at the time.
Pressley, along with her other Massachusetts delegation peer Representative Jim McGovern, signed a letter to urge for steps to be taken to minimize suffering in Gaza.
