President Biden claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had not done enough to secure a hostage deal with Hamas terrorists.
Biden made the remarks to reporters before heading to the Situation Room with Vice President Harris to meet with the hostage deal negotiating team following Hamas' killing of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg Pollin, 23, and five other hostages on Saturday.
Jonathan Dekel Chen, the father of an Israeli-American hostage being held by Hamas, appealed early Monday for the United States and Israel to broker a deal with the “devil.”
President Biden speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, after returning from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Dekel Chen said: America, Qatar, Egypt While trying to broker a deal between Israel and the “brutal terrorist organization,” Israeli intelligence currently indicates Hamas's power is weakened, and Prime Minister Netanyahu has argued that there is “no longer any excuse not to reach a deal” to bring home the remaining 101 hostages, including the seven Americans who were taken to Gaza, by October 7, 2023.
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