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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a member on the Senate International Relations Committee, mentioned in a sequence of posts on X, previously generally known as Twitter, that “Israel has no selection however to hunt the entire eradication of Hamas in Gaza.”
“There merely isn’t any diplomatic resolution or ‘measured response’ accessible,” Rubio wrote on X. “This tragically vital effort will come at a horrifying value. However the value of failing to completely eradicate this group of sadistic savages is much more horrifying.”
His feedback come as GOP lawmakers have been intensifying their requires the Biden administration to aggressively help Israel in its protection in opposition to Hamas terrorist assaults that started Saturday, killing an estimated 700 individuals and injuring 1000’s others.
The White Home referred to as a press lid at 11:46 a.m. on Monday, indicating that they didn’t anticipate President Biden to have any extra appearances. The White Home confirmed Monday that 11 Individuals have been among the many casualties from the assaults.
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., says that “Israel has no selection however to hunt the entire eradication of Hamas in Gaza.” (Saul Martinez / Getty Photos / File)
In the meantime, the administration got here underneath hearth for holding a employees barbecue with a dwell band on the White Home garden on Sunday afternoon, only a day after the terrorist assaults started, which drew some criticism.
“President Biden has been constantly engaged in supporting Israel as they defend themselves in opposition to these brutal terrorist assaults,” the White Home informed Fox Information correspondent Peter Doocy.
“Yesterday, after one other name with Prime Minister Netanyahu and ordering the American army to supply support to the IDF to make sure they’ve what they want, the President held a long-scheduled occasion to thank the hardworking non-political employees who hold the White Home working — working the kitchens, cleansing the White Home, and serving to hold the advanced secure. This date was chosen as a result of there weren’t White Home actions that might require their work and so they may deliver their households. They deserve recognition, and no small, petty feedback from partisan media or elected officers change that.”
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Palestinian militants within the Gaza Strip hearth a salvo of rockets as an Israeli Iron Dome missile makes an attempt to intercept them over the town of Netivot, Israel, on Oct. 8, 2023. (Mahmud Hams / AFP by way of Getty Photos)
Rubio urged Israel to reply “disproportionately” to Hamas’s bloody ambush and “to any futures assaults from any enemy.”
“There might be no cease-fire, negotiated resolution or peaceable coexistence with wicked barbarians who homicide teen-aged ladies, kids & the aged after which dump them within the streets of Gaza so bloodthirsty crowds can desecrate their our bodies?” he posted Monday afternoon.
U.N. Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres condemned the Hamas terrorist assault in opposition to Israel on Monday but in addition mentioned he’s “deeply distressed” by Israel’s response.
Guterres addressed the continuing battle from the United Nations briefing room on Monday, telling reporters that “nothing can justify” Hamas’ assault on Israel, which killed at the least 800 individuals.
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Vehicles burn after being hit by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023.
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“I acknowledge the authentic grievances of the Palestinian individuals. However nothing can justify these acts of terror and the killing, maiming and abduction of civilians. I reiterate my name to instantly stop these assaults and launch all hostages,” Guterres mentioned.
The official went on to criticize Israel’s response to the violence, warning the nation in opposition to harming innocents.
“Whereas I acknowledge Israel’s authentic safety issues, I additionally remind Israel that army operations should be performed in strict accordance with worldwide humanitarian regulation,” he mentioned. “I’m deeply distressed by at present’s announcement that Israel will provoke a whole siege of the Gaza Strip, nothing allowed in – no electrical energy, meals or gas. The humanitarian state of affairs in Gaza was extraordinarily dire earlier than these hostilities; now it’ll solely deteriorate exponentially.”
Fox Information’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a author who covers politics. She leads Fox Information Digital protection of the Senate.
