President Joe Biden pledged “rock solid” support for Israel on Saturday in the face of what he described as “terrorist assaults” by Palestinian group Hamas, with an announcement on US military assistance expected imminently. High-level discussions between US and Israeli officials on military aid were already underway, a US senior administration official said, with an announcement by Washington possible as early as Sunday.

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