US Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris urged a quick ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Reflecting on the humanitarian situation, Harris said: “We cannot ignore these tragedies. We cannot afford to become callous in the face of suffering.” She will not be silent, Harris said.
Her remarks after a meeting with Netanyahu were promptly criticized by the Israeli government. The fact that Harris spoke of a dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need to end the war harmed the hostage negotiations, Israeli media quoted an unnamed senior Israeli official as saying.
Netanyahu also meets Trump
For Harris, the meeting with Netanyahu was the first major test in her role as the likely replacement for the Democrats in the presidential election. She wants to defeat Republican Donald Trump in the US elections on November 5, after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race. After Biden and Harris, Netanyahu also plans to visit Trump.
Like Biden, Harris urged the Israeli leader to increase humanitarian aid in Gaza and improve protection of civilians. “Israel has the right to defend itself, and how it does that matters,” Biden’s deputy said after her meeting with the Israeli head of government. She expressed “grave concern about the scale of human suffering in Gaza.” This includes the deaths of “too many innocent civilians,” she said.
In a speech to both houses of the US Congress on Wednesday, Netanyahu did not announce a deal, contrary to the hopes of relatives of the 115 hostages left in Gaza, and instead rejected any criticism of the actions in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Krone
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