Kamala Harris calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
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US Vice President Kamala Harris said the Biden administration was “deeply concerned by reports of civilian casualties in an Israeli attack on a school in the Gaza Strip on Saturday”.
“Once again, far too many civilians have been killed,” she told reporters after Palestinians claimed about 100 people were killed in the attack.
“We are deeply concerned about the reports of civilian casualties in Gaza following an attack by the Israel Defense Forces on a compound that included a school,” the White House said in a statement. Washington is in contact with Israel to obtain further information.
The Israeli military said it was targeting Hamas terrorists and named at least 19 senior members of the terror group who used the school as a command center.
Harris reiterated the call for a ceasefire in Gaza and said she and US President Joe Biden were working around the clock to reach an agreement that includes the release of hostages held by Hamas. “Now is the time,” she said at a rally in Arizona over the weekend.
Biden, who supports a ceasefire, addressed the threat from Iran on Saturday. When a reporter asked him what message he had for the regime in Tehran, which is threatening to attack Israel, Biden said: “None.”
In response to an Iranian attack, the US has amassed military troops in the region and stationed, among other things, F-22 stealth weapons in the area.
