Mr Biden's comments came as he was considering whether to visit Israel in the coming days. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Rescuers remove the body of a man killed in an Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct 15, 2023.Smoke rises in the air following Israeli bombings in Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel on Oct 15.An area with heavily damaged and destroyed buildings is deserted after residents of Gaza City began to evacuate, on Oct 14, 2023.
“Look, what happened in Gaza, in my view, is Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas don’t represent all the Palestinian people. And I think that it would be a mistake for Israel to occupy Gaza again”.considering whether to visit Israel in the coming days But he endorsed the goal of destroying Hamas, an organisation whose founding covenant embraces “killing the Jews” and wiping out Israel. The United States and European Union have designated Hamas a terrorist group.“They have to go after Hamas. Hamas is a bunch of cowards. They’re hiding behind the civilians. They put their headquarters where civilians are and buildings and the like.
But after the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, Israeli leaders argue that they cannot simply respond with the usual airstrikes, and they have resolved to crush Hamas once and for all.Israel has mobilised 360,000 reservists and assembled considerable forces near Gaza in preparation for what is widely expected to be an invasion.
Mr Biden has refused to criticise Israel and said repeatedly that it had a right to defend itself from what
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