On CNN's “The Situation Room” broadcast Monday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) reacted to the news that Israel was reducing the number of troops in northern Gaza, saying He said there were still “unacceptably high numbers of civilian casualties.” He said he was affected by the Israel-Hamas war and believes the Biden administration “needs to do more to leverage U.S. influence” against Israel.
“Throughout this war, we have suffered an unacceptable number of civilian casualties. More than 20,000 Gazans have now died, two-thirds of them women,” Van Hollen said. and a child. And listening to Prime Minister Netanyahu's remarks, they are redeploying some of their troops from northern Gaza, and are completing some of their operations there, but The intensity of attacks is still high in Yunis in the south.And the Biden administration continues to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reduce civilian casualties in order to expand humanitarian aid to Gaza. There are reports that half of the population is approaching starvation levels, so the Biden administration must do more to leverage U.S. influence to achieve President Biden's goals. That is my opinion.”
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