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Trump says Israel 'losing PR war' in Gaza

GreenWatch Desk World News 2024-04-05, 4:30pm

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Former US president Donald Trump has said that Israel is "losing the PR war" in Gaza because of the images comingout of the territory and must end the conflict quickly.

"Every night, they're releasing tapes of a building falling down. Theyshouldn't be releasing tapes like that," Trump said in an interview broadcaston The Hugh Hewitt Show on Thursday.
"They're doing, that's why they're losing the PR war. They, Israel isabsolutely losing the PR war," he said.
The bloodiest-ever Gaza war began with Hamas's October 7 attack on Israelthat resulted in the deaths of 1,170 Israelis and foreigners, most of themcivilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Palestinian militants also took around 250 hostages, about 130 of whom remainin Gaza, including 34 whom the military says are dead.
Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 33,037 people, according tothe health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, and the United Nations has warned of"catastrophic hunger."
"You've got to get it over with, and you have to get back to normalcy," Trumpsaid. "You have to have a victory, and it's taking a long time."
"Get it over with. They've got to finish what they finish. They have to getit done," the Republican presidential candidate said.
Israel has come under increasing international pressure over the toll fromits six-month war against Hamas and has drawn increasingly tough rebuke fromits main backer Washington.
Relentless Israeli bombardment has reduced much of Gaza to rubble, collapsedthe hospital system and created a humanitarian crisis for the Palestinianterritory's 2.4 million people, reports BSS.
Trump's comments came as US President Joe Biden warned Israel of a sharpshift in his policy over the Gaza war, amid growing frustration with IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and mounting domestic pressure in a USelection year.