“Only a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump seemed confident a deal was days away that would end the fighting in Gaza, secure the release of hostages and allow aid to flow into an enclave where people are starving to death,” CNN reports.
“Now, Trump’s optimism seems to have vanished. The president pulled back his negotiators from ceasefire talks this week after the US deemed Hamas neither ‘coordinated’ nor ‘acting in good faith.’ And Trump, rather than urging an immediate return to the negotiating table, signaled Friday it was time for Israel to escalate its military campaign, even as images of starving children in Gaza lead to mounting global outrage.”
Said Trump: “I think they want to die, and it’s very, very bad. It got to be to a point where you’re gonna have to finish the job.”
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