US President Joe Biden on Thursday night expressed support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas – contrary to the policy the White House has pursued since 7 October. “I think we need a break. A break means we get time to get the prisoners out,” he said. The statement was an answer to a question from the floor: – President, if you care about the Jewish people, I, as a rabbi, must ask you to advocate for a truce now, Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg shouted. She was tried to be quieted by the others who had turned up at Biden’s fundraising meeting in Minneapolis. Then she was forcibly taken out by guards. – This is extremely complicated for the Israelis. I can very well understand the feelings on both the Palestinian and Israeli sides, Biden said shortly afterwards. The White House has rejected a truce After Biden’s statement, the White House clarified that the presidents were talking about the allegedly more than 200 hostages to be taken by Hamas when he spoke of “prisoners”. The White House also had to clarify that it supports a “humanitarian pause”, but not a ceasefire. President Joe Biden takes the stage to speak at Dutch Creek Farms, just outside of Minneapolis. Photo: Andrew Harnik / AP Israel could not consider a ceasefire until all the hostages were out of Gaza, Biden said last week. While White House spokesman John Kirby said a “broad, blanket ceasefire” is not the answer now. After a broad majority of UN member states, including Norway, asked for a ceasefire on Friday. This is the third time the White House has had to correct the president’s statements since October 7. On October 12, the administration had to retract Biden’s statement that he had seen verified images of beheaded infants, following Hamas’ deadly attack on October 7. The IDF’s claim of massacred infants is disputed, and is still undocumented. And on October 21, the White House had to intervene after Biden answered “yes” to Israel’s decision to wait for a ground invasion. They claimed that Biden “misheard.” UN: May be a war crime The largest refugee camp in Gaza, Jabalia, has been bombed two days in a row. Men, women and children are killed, wounded and wounded. The UN Human Rights Office is concerned that the attacks are disproportionate, and can thus be called war crimes. Photo: Screenshot from X On Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that they were behind the air attack against the Jabalia camp. In a statement, it claims the strikes are “based on precise intelligence” and that they managed to kill Hamas’ head of the group’s anti-tank missile unit, Muhammad A’sar.
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