US President Joe Biden was asked on CBS’ 60 Minutes whether he would support the Israeli occupation of Gaza.
Biden replied that “it would be a mistake for Israel to occupy Gaza again”, but said it was a “necessary requirement” to remove the “extremists”.
When asked if he thought Hamas should be “eliminated entirely”, the president replied: “Yes, I do.”
He went on to say that “there needs to be a Palestinian authority, there needs to be a path to a Palestinian state”.
Israel “has no interest in occupying Gaza or staying in Gaza”, the country’s ambassador to the UN said following Biden’s above comments.
Appearing on CNN, Gilad Erdan said “Since we are fighting for our survival… the only way is to obliterate Hamas, so we will have to do whatever is needed”.
When asked who should rule the Gaza Strip if Israel does remove Hamas, Erdan said Israel is “not thinking about what will happen a day after the war”.
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