Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) said in an interview with FOX News Channel that aired on Friday’s “Special Report” broadcast that 30,000 Palestinians have died in the Israeli-Hamas war. responded to the claim. This claim is also repeated by Israel and Hamas. President Joe Biden said that number included a huge number of Hamas terrorists, and said the war could end immediately if Hamas surrendered and released the hostages.
Mr. Fetterman said: [relevant remarks begin around 1:55] “I was very disappointed that our caucus didn’t. We didn’t have that opportunity. I wanted to hear from Prime Minister Netanyahu. In fact, I told the Republicans through back channels, I even asked, “Can I just sit there for a second?”And I don’t even have to [ask] The question is. And I’m always incredibly surprised, why is this Hamas’ fault and not talking about what they did and why? [isn’t there] A kind of growing protest movement calling for demands on Hamas [surrender] about this. If you really want it all to end, just misery and death and destruction, and it will end tomorrow if only they surrender, then release everyone and let them go home. And that was very frustrating. ”
He went on to say: [are] 31,000 Palestinians killed, and, well, you’re not talking about, well, over 13,000 are actually Hamas fighters. So why don’t you break it out too? And if you actually talk about the casualty rate, it’s actually very clear that this is not a genocide, or that the Israelis are targeting civilians. actual, [target] Civilians, that’s Hamas. ”
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