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Top Biden Official: Hamas Using Human Shields, U.S. Does Not Trust Casualty Numbers From Gaza
Daily Wire ^ | Nov 12, 2023

Posted on 11/12/2023 7:47:08 PM PST by george76

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview over the weekend that Hamas terrorists were illegally using hospitals and other civilian infrastructure as shields inside Gaza against Israeli forces.

Sullivan made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” with host Margaret Brennan when asked if the U.S. believes reports on what is happening inside the territory as Israel Defense Forces (IDF) combat the terrorist group responsible for murdering 1,200 people in Israel during last month’s terror attack.

“Without getting into intelligence information, we can just look at the open source reporting that Hamas is using hospitals, as it uses many other civilian facilities, for command and control, for weapons storage, to house its fighters,” Sullivan said. “And this is a violation of the laws of war.”

He noted that IDF officials have said that they are doing everything in their power to look for ways to minimize loss of civilian life as they continue to strike Hamas targets, adding that Hamas has a “track record” of committing war crimes by using human shields.

When asked about claims from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry about the number of Palestinians that have been killed, Sullivan said that the U.S. does not trust the information released from inside Gaza.

“We don’t have fidelity on the numbers of casualties, fatalities in Gaza,” he said. “We don’t know how many are fighters and how many are innocent civilians.”

Sullivan added that things would never go back to the way they were on October 6, the day before Hamas’ attack on Israel, noting that Hamas leaders have openly stated that they want to commit as many October 7 attacks on Israel as possible.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Government; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaslighting; gaza; hamas; hamasterrorists; hospitals; humanshields; israel; moslems; muslims; waronterror

1 posted on 11/12/2023 7:47:08 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

duh


2 posted on 11/12/2023 7:51:47 PM PST by DOC44 ( )
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To: george76

This is weird. The Regime is telling the truth instead of parroting Hamas/Iran propaganda.

Is Obama losing control?


3 posted on 11/12/2023 7:52:38 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Not with Jake there.


4 posted on 11/12/2023 7:53:25 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: george76

The only people who believe Hamas numbers are Lefty nuts and the naive & ignorant.


5 posted on 11/12/2023 7:54:18 PM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

They know a lot of us support Israel so they talk out of both sides of their mouths.


6 posted on 11/12/2023 8:03:24 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: george76
"U.S. Does Not Trust Casualty Numbers From Gaza"

Yet the enemedia keep reporting those numbers.

7 posted on 11/12/2023 8:18:17 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: george76

What is Biden doing to secure the release of American hostages and to bring Hamas to justice for killing, raping, and taking Americans hostage? Yeah, nothing, Islamophobia is bigger concern.


8 posted on 11/12/2023 8:21:09 PM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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9 posted on 11/12/2023 8:53:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: DOC44

Couldn’t have said it better!! LOL


10 posted on 11/12/2023 10:36:12 PM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: george76

Who woke these idiots up?


11 posted on 11/13/2023 1:32:16 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: george76

YA THINK ????????


12 posted on 11/13/2023 9:24:46 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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