President Biden says he has 'no confidence' in the casualty statistics provided by the Hamas-gun Gaza health ministry on Wednesday.
President Biden denied the accuracy of casualty numbers provided by the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry on Wednesday. Biden made the comments in response to questions from reporters during a join press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Biden says he has 'no confidence' in the ministry's claim that 6,546 Palestinians have been killed and 17,439 have been wounded since Oct. 7.
Biden's statement comes as Israel has been poised for a ground invasion of Gaza for more than a week. Israel and Hamas have spent the past 19 days exchange thousands of rockets, missiles and artillery barrages. Israel says at least 1,400 people, including foreigners, were killed in Hamas' surprise October 7 attack.
Biden offered his full support for Israel to root out Hamas terrorists from Gaza. He went say the war must end with a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, adding that there is 'no going back.'
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