The US president says that Israel has a right to defend itself from what he called ‘sheer evil’. But he has also expressed concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
| US President Joe Biden warned Israel in an interview aired on Sunday not to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, his first significant public effort to restrain America’s ally following the Hamas assault that killed more than 1300 people, including at least 29 Americans.
The president’s comments came as he was considering whether to visit Israel in the coming days to demonstrate solidarity with Israelis Many military analysts have said that a ground offensive into Gaza and the resulting urban warfare could be extremely dangerous for Israeli forces.Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, and Hamas won elections the next year. The group seized complete control of the enclave and pushed out more moderate Palestinian leaders such as those running the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
Mr Biden has refused to criticise Israel and said repeatedly that it had a right to defend itself from what he called “sheer evil”. In theinterview, he expressed concern over the humanitarian situation and said he favoured creating a safe corridor for Palestinians to flee the fighting and to allow in supplies. But he did not frame those comments as critical of Israel.
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