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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
While opposing major Rafah op, Biden says he told Netanyahu ‘Israel has a right to go after Hamas’
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US President Joe Biden puts out a statement on X regarding his phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I continued to affirm that Israel has a right to go after Hamas, a group of terrorists responsible for the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” Biden says. “And I reiterated the need for an immediate ceasefire as part of a deal to free hostages, lasting several weeks, so we can get hostages home and surge aid to civilians in Gaza.”
Biden says he also asked Netanyahu “to send a team to Washington to discuss ways to target Hamas without a major ground operation in Rafah.
Today, I spoke again with Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding the latest developments in Israel and Gaza.
I continued to affirm that Israel has a right to go after Hamas, a group of terrorists responsible for the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
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— President Biden Archived (@POTUS46Archive) March 19, 2024
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