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AFTER RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S REPORT – PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ASKED ABOUT THE ONGOING WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS – AND THE FIGHTING IN GAZA.
BIDEN – SAYING ISRAEL’S MILITARY RESPONSE IN GAZA HAS BEEN QUOTE “OVER THE TOP” – IN WHAT IS BEING CONSIDERED THE PRESIDENT’S SHARPEST PUBLIC CRITICISM OF ISRAEL’S OPERATIONS IN THE TERRITORY.
THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE’S SEEKING A “SUSTAINED PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING” TO HELP AID PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS.
BIDEN SAYING “A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE STARVING AND DYING” IN GAZA AND “IT’S GOT TO STOP.”
A DAY EARLIER — ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REJECTED A CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL FROM HAMAS – SAYING THE TERMS WERE “BIZARRE.”