Joe Biden, the president of the United States, has stated that Israel must destroy the Hamas terrorist organization but has ruled out reoccupying the Gaza Strip.
In a Sunday interview with CBS, Biden made this clear and emphasized that reoccupying the Gaza Strip would be a “big mistake.”
The US President announced this as Israeli troops prepared to invade the region on foot.
He conveyed assurance that Israeli forces would make an effort to reduce the number of civilian casualties and take action to prevent a serious humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.
In response to the terror group’s horrific rampage across southern Israel on October 7, during which 1,300 people—over 1,000 of whom were civilians—were killed and at least 155 more were kidnapped and taken to Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas.
Men, women, and children were among the victims; there were also numerous babies. Some of the victims had been disfigured, and there had apparently been instances of child rape and torture.
In response to the horrific attack and Israel’s retaliation, Biden declared, “I believe Israel needs to respond.” They need to pursue Hamas. What a bunch of cowards Hamas is. They are concealed by the bystanders. “
He said it is a “necessary requirement” to invade and “take out the extremists.”
When asked if Hamas needed to be completely destroyed, he said, “Yes, I do.”
When questioned, Biden stated, “I think it’d be a big mistake,” in response to the question of whether he would support Israel occupying Gaza. “
“Look, what transpired in Gaza does not, in my opinion, represent the views of all Palestinians, even if Hamas and its radical factions do.” Furthermore, I believe that Israel would err if it attempted to occupy Gaza once more. “
After Israel annexed the Gaza Strip in 2005, it was able to hand over control of the enclave to the Palestinian Authority, which is based in the West Bank. Israel had seized control of the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Six Day War.
An air, land, and sea blockade was imposed by Israel on the 140-square-mile (362-square-kilometer) strip of land, which is bordered by Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, a year later in response to rocket fire.