Biden’s Sharpest Rebuke of Israel On Gaza War | 8 Killed in Rafah As US, UN Warn IDF of “Disaster”
Israel’s military response in the Gaza Strip to the October 7 attack by Hamas has been “over the top,” said US President Joe Biden. Biden added that he’s “pushing very hard now” to get a sustained pause in fighting that could also free the remaining hostages in Gaza The remarks are seen as Biden’s sharpest public criticism to date of the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It comes as the US president has come under increasing domestic pressure to press Israel on a ceasefire.