Middle East
The senator also said military experts warning against Israel's use of catastrophic force were "full of crap."
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administrationâs strongest public criticism yet of Israelâs conduct of the war in Gaza.
Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across the Gaza Strip, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago.
The United Nations has warned that the planned full-scale Rafah invasion would further cripple humanitarian operations and cause a surge in civilian deaths.
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The president's report "ignores the big question" of whether the U.S. government thinks Israel has violated international humanitarian law, a U.S. official told HuffPost.
Police also moved to clear protesters from University of Pennsylvaniaâs campus in Philadelphia and dismantled an encampment at MIT.
Media reports and humanitarians suggest Israel has started its ground invasion in the southernmost city in Gaza.
On Wednesday President Joe Biden said the United States would not provide offensive weapons for a Rafah offensive, raising pressure on Netanyahu.
âIâm glad to see that the president is beginning, beginning to move in that direction,â the Vermont senator said.
The presidentâs remarks represent a firm break with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, though it's a break his progressive critics will say came far too late.