By the evening, there was some hope again. After speaking with Netanyahu herself, Harris insisted that “Israel has a right to defend itself, and how it does so matters.” Harris said she’d told Netanyahu about her “serious concern about the scale of human suffering in Gaza, including the death of far too many innocent civilians.”
“What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating. The images of dead children, and desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, sometimes displaced for the second, third, or fourth time,” she said. “We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering, and I will not be silent.
“To everyone who has been calling for a cease-fire; to everyone who yearns for peace—I see you, and I hear you. Let’s get the deal done.”
