Hamas must be eliminated but Israel shouldn't occupy Gaza — US President Biden

Hamas must be eliminated  but Israel shouldn't occupy Gaza — US President Biden

  

United States President Joe Biden says the Palestinian Hamas
militant group must be eliminated.

Speaking on Sunday in an interview with CBS news, Biden said
he believes Israel has to go after Hamas.

"Hamas is a bunch of cowards. They're hiding behind the
civilians. Taking out the extremists is a necessary requirement," he said.

Asked if Hamas must be completely eliminated he said
"Yes I do".

"But there needs to be a Palestinian authority, there
needs to be a path to a Palestinian state," he added.

When asked if he would support Israel's occupation of Gaza,
the US president said he thinks "it'd be a big mistake" for Israel to
do so.

"Look, what happened in Gaza, in my view, is Hamas, and
the extreme elements of Hamas, don't represent all the Palestinian people. And
I think that it would be a mistake for Israel to occupy Gaza again," he
said.

Israel captured and occupied the West Bank, Gaza, and East
Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war. It withdrew its settlers and troops from
Gaza in 2005, before Hamas' takeover of the strip in 2007.

Israeli officials insist they have no desire to reoccupy the
Strip, which is home to some 2.2 million Palestinians.

Speaking in an interview with CNN on Sunday, Michael Herzog,
US Israeli ambassador, said his country has "no desire" to reoccupy
Gaza.

"And, certainly, we want people to go back to their
homes. We're talking about innocent civilians," he said.

"And we are doing everything we can to keep them out of
harm's way, while Hamas is doing everything it can to keep them in harm's way.
That's the situation we are at."

On October 7, Hamas launched an unprecedented and coordinated
land, air and sea incursion of Israel which reportedly killed 1,300 Israelis.

Hamas kidnapped at least 150 Israelis and took them into
Gaza. Afterwards, the group commenced the launching of rockets into Israeli
territory.

Israel launched retaliatory air strikes into Gaza that has
left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead.

Source: Hamas must be eliminated  but Israel shouldn't occupy Gaza — US President Biden

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