US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris condemned Hamas on the anniversary of the terror group’s attack on Israel, while reiterating their administration’s commitment to cementing ceasefire deals to end fighting in Gaza and Lebanon.
“On this solemn anniversary, let us bear witness to the unspeakable brutality of the October 7th attacks but also to the beauty of the lives that were stolen that day,” Biden says in a statement.
The president said that he thinks every day of the more than 100 hostages still in captivity and their families. He vowed that his administration “will never give up until we bring all of the remaining hostages home safely.”
Biden added that “history will also remember October 7th as a dark day for the Palestinian people because of the conflict that Hamas unleashed that day.”
“It is far past time for a hostage and ceasefire deal to end the suffering of innocent people,” Harris says. “And I will always fight for the Palestinian people to be able to realize their right to dignity, freedom, security, and self-determination.”
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