Israeli strikes hit Gaza today as Muslims marked Eid ul Fitr and after US President Joe Biden labelled Israel’s approach to the offensive a “mistake”, AFP reports.
Israeli forces kept up combat operations and air strikes on Gaza a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed no let-up in the campaign to destroy Hamas and bring home the hostages.
Biden, voicing his growing frustration with hawkish Netanyahu, issued some of his sternest criticism yet of the offensive, which has brought mass civilian casualties and widespread suffering.
“I think what he’s doing is a mistake,” Biden told Spanish-language TV network Univision in an interview that aired on Tuesday night after being recorded last week.
“I don’t agree with his approach.” He urged Netanyahu to “just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks, total access to all food and medicine going into the country.”
