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The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

Bernie Sanders calls for end to Israeli strikes and killing of thousands

Vermont senator Bernie Sanders.
Senator Bernie Sanders said: ‘Israel does not, in my view, have a right to do is to kill thousands of thousands of innocent men, women and children who had nothing to do with that attack.’ Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

Bernie Sanders has stepped up his calls for a humanitarian pause in Gaza, demanding an immediate stop to Israeli bombing and an end to the killing of thousands of “innocent men, women and children” in the enclave.

In some of his strongest words in the 30-day war, the independent US senator from Vermont decried the 7 October Hamas attack inside Israel. He labelled Hamas as an “awful terrorist organization” that had “slaughtered 1,400 people in cold blood”, reiterating his belief that Israel had the right to defend itself.

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