Biden under pressure as administration responds to Israel killings

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The Biden administration has told Israel to take "every precaution to protect civilians" after a military strike in Rafah killed dozens of Palestinians.


Fellow Democrats have called on the president to halt military shipments to Israel.

He has faced increasing pressure from within his own party even before the airstrike on Sunday night that set tents and metal shelters ablaze in a Rafah camp, killing 45 people.




"Israel has a right to go after Hamas, and we understand this strike killed two senior Hamas terrorists who are responsible for attacks against Israeli civilians," a National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson said. 


"But as we've been clear, Israel must take every precaution possible to protect civilians."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a prominent Democratic lawmaker in the House of Representatives, called the strike "an indefensible atrocity", adding in a social media post that "it is long past time for the President to live up to his word and suspend military aid."



"Horrific and gut-wrenching images coming out of Rafah last night," Representative Ayanna Pressley said in a social media post. 


"How much longer will the US stand by while the Israeli military slaughters and mutilates Palestinian babies?" 


Representative Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American serving in Congress, called Benjamin Netanyahu a "genocidal maniac". 


Mr Netanyahu has said the strike was not intended to cause civilian casualties but went "tragically wrong." 


The NSC spokesperson said the US government was "actively engaging" with the Israeli military and others on the ground to assess what happened.

 

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