Netanyahu tells Biden HIS 'red line' is 'destroying Hamas' and he 'won't let ... trends now
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at President Joe Biden on Monday morning laying out his own red line in Gaza.
He has seen gaps emerge in the relationship with his strongest ally as Biden has urged him to think twice before launching the next phase of his assault on the Hamas terror group in Rafah, one of the last places were civilians are able to shelter on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip.
'Look, it's either Israel or Hamas. There's no middle way. I mean, we have to have that victory,' he told 'Fox and Friends.'
'We can't have three quarters of a victory. We can't have two thirds of a victory because Hamas will reconstitute itself with these four battalions in Rafah, reconquer the Gaza Strip, and do the October 7 massacre over and over and over again.
'And for us, Israel, not merely for me, but the people of Israel that's a red line. We can't let Hamas survive.'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used an interview with 'Fox and Friends' to hit back at President Joe Biden on Monday morning laying out his own red line in Gaza
A man walks past placards with photos of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel
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Netanyahu has seen world support for his offensive following the October 7 Hamas attack evaporate as the death toll in Gaza spirals beyond 30,000 people.
He is under intense pressure to allow in more aid as humanitarian agencies warn that starvation is taking hold of a population battered by five months of war.
Biden initially stood with Netanyahu as his strongest backer, supporting his war aims of destroying Hamas and arguing that a ceasefire would merely give the group a chance to rearm and reorganize.
But with other world leaders taking a tougher line against Israel, Biden has seen the left of his own party rebel.
On Saturday, he warned Netanyahu that his approach was undermining Israel's own interests and he spelled out a red line.
'[Netanyahu] has a right to defend Israel, a right to continue to pursue Hamas,' he told MSNBC in an interview.
'But he must, he must, he must pay more attention to the innocent
