“Israel is going after people who have engaged in barbarism that is as consequential as the Holocaust. So I think Israel has to respond. They have to go after Hamas,” President Joe Biden says in a 60 Minutes interview following Hamas’ October 2023 attacks on Israel. “Now Hamas is a bunch of cowards. They’re hiding behind the civilians. … I’m confident the Israelis are going to do everything in their power to avoid the killing of innocent civilians.”
