“We have taken the position that Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist attacks,' Sullivan said.
“We have taken the position that Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist attacks,” Sullivan said.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, on Sept. 21, 2023. | Susan Walsh/APU.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan defended Israel’s campaign against Hamas on Sunday, amid mounting criticism of the Israeli military’s deadly siege of Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack.
“What a lot of people are calling for is just a stop to Israeli military action against terrorists period. Just stop, no more, Israel cannot go after terrorists who conducted this largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust,” Sullivan said during an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “We have taken the position that Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist attacks.”
Hamas launched its attack on Israel on Oct. 7, killing over 1,400 people and seizing more than 200 hostages; it has continued to launch rocket attacks. Israel has retaliated with daily airstrikes and a siege of Gaza, where more than two million people live. Israeli strikes hadSeveral U.S. leaders have called for a pause in fighting to allow for humanitarian aid to reach civilians in Gaza. But on Sunday, Sullivan warned that any pause in fighting would benefit Hamas.
“That’s a reality. There are a lot of complicated realities. A humanitarian pause would be a good thing to get hostages out, but you can bet that Hamas will try to use that time to their advantage as well. These are the things that Israel was trying to grapple with,” Sullivan said, adding the U.S. was pressing Israeli leaders to “make sure to distinguish between Hamas and the Palestinian people who Hamas does not represent.
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