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Federal prosecutors charged Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, and five senior members of the group with planning and carrying out years of terrorist attacks in Israel, including the Oct. 7 massacre, according to a sweeping complaint unsealed on Tuesday.
The criminal complaint, originally filed in New York in February, implicated two other senior members of Hamas not previously thought to be directly involved in the attacks. It also listed the number of Americans believed to have died at 43.
Ed: I may have more to say about this tomorrow, but for now, why would we demand that Israel offer concessions to mass-murder defendants?
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REPORTER: What did Biden mean when he said Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t doing enough to secure a hostage deal?
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: I don’t know. pic.twitter.com/zJjxrgHTaV— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 3, 2024
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President Joe Biden has grown increasingly frustrated with Netanyahu — his vexation obvious over the weekend when he responded with a curt “no” to a reporter who had asked whether the Israeli prime minister was doing enough to close the deal.
That bluntness came as no surprise to some of Biden’s senior aides, who have watched the president sour on his Israeli counterpart over the belief that Netanyahu is extending the war to remain in power, according to two officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations.
Since abandoning his reelection bid, Biden has viewed achieving a cease-fire deal before the election as a sure way to bolster his own legacy — and to help Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances this November, the officials said.
