by Anders Hagstrom, Andrea Vacchiano, Stepheny Price and Landon Mion
The Israeli military is carrying out expanded ground operations against Hamas terrorists in Northern Gaza in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now calling the "second war of independence." More than 9,400 people have been killed in the war on both sides since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack.
 |
| Drew Angerer/Getty Images |
Israel should take responsibility for protecting innocent civilians in Gaza even though Hamas is using them as human shields, Biden administration national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday, as Israeli forces continue to bombard the Gaza Strip following the deadly terrorist attack more than three weeks ago.
Sullivan appeared on CNN's "State of the Union," saying the Israeli government should take every possible action to distinguish terrorists from civilians during its ongoing operations.
"Hamas is making life extremely difficult for Israel by taking civilians as human shields and putting their rocket infrastructure and terrorist infrastructure among civilians," Sullivan said. "That creates an added burden for Israel, but it does not lessen Israel’s responsibility under international humanitarian law to distinguish between terrorist and civilians and protect lives of innocent people."
Sullivan added: "And that is the overwhelming majority of the people in Gaza."
Fox News' Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
Anders Hagstrom, Andrea Vacchiano, Stepheny Price and Landon Mion
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/october-29-israel-hamas-war
No comments:
Post a Comment