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âThere are a lot of innocent people who are starving," the president said. "There are a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying."
Both sides remain dug in on thus far elusive goals as the war enters its fifth month.
The national security adviser maintained that the U.S. is still opposed to a regional war, despite ongoing retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militias.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, rejected Hamas' main demands for a cease-fire deal.
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The president accused Iran-backed militia groups of being behind the attack, which had the first U.S. fatalities in months of strikes across the Middle East.
The warning came a day after the agency's chief announced he had fired and was investigating several employees over allegations they participated in the Oct. 7 attack.
The level of death, destruction and displacement is already without precedent in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Rifts are emerging among top Israeli officials over the handling of the war against the Hamas militant group in Gaza.
Retired ambassador David Satterfield was appointed by President Biden as a special Middle East envoy on humanitarian issues focused on the Israel-Hamas war.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict traditionally hasnât swayed U.S. voters at the ballot box. Could that be about to change?