Democrats Step Up Calls to Biden to Rein In Israel-Hamas War
- Killing of Palestinian civilians needs to stop, Durbin says
- Israel may offer six-week cease-fire if Hamas frees hostages
This article is for subscribers only.
Democratic senators called on President Joe Biden to press Israel for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, citing recent deaths of Palestinian civilians in its war with Hamas and what they portrayed as a lagging US response to the humanitarian crisis.
“This killing has to stop, of the innocent people there,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said on CNN’s State of the Union. “The medical situation on the ground there is horrible, horrible.”