'We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering. And I will not be silent,' the vice president and likely Democratic nominee said.
Vice President Kamala Harris' remarks after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday suggest a shift in the White House's language on Israel's war in Gaza.Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president after Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, said she supports Israel's right to defend itself and that she and President Biden are 'working every day' to bring home hostages being held in Gaza.
The nine-month war has killed at least 39,000 Palestinians to date, the Associated Press reported, citing the Gaza Health Ministry. It has created a humanitarian catastrophe, displaced much of the territory's population of 2.3 million, and sparked widespread hunger.The war erupted after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people. Dozens of hostages taken during the attack remain in Hamas captivity.
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