Senator John Fetterman criticized claims about the number of Palestinians killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict, noting many were actually Hamas fighters.
He said he wanted to hear directly from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu about the situation but was not given the opportunity.
Fetterman argued that if Hamas surrendered and released hostages, the conflict could end immediately, but there seems to be no pressure on Hamas to do so.
He disputed the figure of 31,000 Palestinian deaths, saying over 13,000 were Hamas fighters, and Israel does not target civilians like Hamas does.
Fetterman suggested the casualty ratio shows this was not a genocide by Israel and they do not deliberately target civilians.
“I was very disappointed that our caucus wasn’t — we didn’t have the opportunity to do that. I really wanted to hear from Netanyahu. In fact, I even asked the Republicans — back channels, just like, hey, can I just sit there? And I don’t even have to [ask] any questions. And I’ve always been incredibly surprised why we’re not talking about where this was because of Hamas and the things that they’ve done and that why [isn’t there] a protest kind of a surge to demand that Hamas [surrender] on this,” Fetterman said.
“If you really want to end all the — just the misery and the death and the destruction, if they would just surrender, and it would end tomorrow, release everybody, send them home. And that’s been very frustrating.”
He added, “And then we’re talking about now there [are] 31,000 Palestinians that were killed, and, well, you’re not talking about, well, 13,000 or more are actually Hamas fighters on that. So, why aren’t you breaking that out as well, too? And then, if you do, and talk about the casualty ratio, it’s actually very clear that this isn’t a genocide or that the Israelis are targeting civilians. In fact, the only ones that [target] civilians, that’s Hamas.”
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