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The US President says Israel's Netanyahu is 'harming Israel' greater than serving to it cope with the warfare.
United States President Joe Biden has warned that Israel should not cross “crimson strains” in its warfare in Gaza, whereas insisting he would by no means abandon the US ally.
In a contradictory and complicated interview with MSNBC broadcast Saturday, Biden mentioned the Israeli offensive on the town of Rafah could be his “crimson line” to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however that he would by no means “quit on Israel.”
“Israel's protection remains to be vital, so there's no crimson line (the place) I'm going to chop off all weapons so that they don't have Iron Dome to guard them,” Biden mentioned, referring to Israel's missile protection system. “
“However there are crimson strains that if he crosses them…” Biden mentioned with out ending his practice of thought, including that his administration “can’t kill 30,000 extra Palestinians”.
In his sharpest criticism but of an Israeli chief, Biden additionally mentioned Netanyahu was “hurting Israel greater than serving to Israel” and that he ought to “pay extra consideration to the harmless lives being misplaced” in Gaza.
Whereas Biden has strongly supported Israel in its marketing campaign to destroy Hamas, his administration is at rising odds with Netanyahu over civilian casualties in Gaza and restrictions on humanitarian help into the enclave.
Biden's administration has repeatedly urged Netanyahu to not launch a deliberate offensive in Rafah till Israel can make sure the protected evacuation of the roughly 1.3 million Palestinians sheltering within the metropolis.
On Thursday, Biden introduced plans to construct a floating port in Gaza to permit help supply through sea amid extreme Israeli restrictions on transporting provides by land.
Biden had expressed hope final month that Israel and Hamas may comply with a brief pause in preventing earlier than Ramadan, however hopes for a deal have been dashed final week after mediators left Cairo with out an settlement.
Biden mentioned throughout his interview on Saturday {that a} deal was “all the time doable” and that CIA Director Invoice Burns was nonetheless within the space to facilitate talks after assembly together with his counterpart David Barnia of Israel's intelligence company Mossad the day prior to this.
The Mossad mentioned on Saturday {that a} ceasefire was being mentioned “on a regular basis” regardless of little hope of success.
Israel's warfare in Gaza has killed greater than 30,800 Palestinians, principally girls and kids, in accordance with well being officers within the enclave.
Based on Israeli officers, Hamas' October 7 assaults on Israel killed 1,139 individuals.