President Biden says Hamas “no longer capable” of another major attack on Israel as he urges Israelis and Hamas to come to a Gaza cease-fire deal.
President Biden said Friday that the militant group Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release remaining hostages for an extended cease-fire. Biden addressed the nearly eight-month-old Israel-Hamas war as the Israeli military confirmed on Friday that its forces are now operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city.
7 attack in which militants stormed into southern Israel, killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250. Israel says around 100 hostages are still captive in Gaza, along with the bodies of around 30 more. Israel’s bombardment and ground attacks in Gaza have killed more than 36,000 Palestinians there and sparked a humanitarian crisis. Cease-fire talks ground to a halt at the beginning of the month after a major push by the U.S.
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