President Joe Biden is urging the Israeli government to avoid a full-on occupation of the Gaza Strip, and to draw a distinction between Hamas and the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Israeli forces have been carrying out airstrikes on Gaza since Hamas gunmen breached the Israel–Gaza barrier on Oct. 7, killing more than a thousand people and taking more than 200 hostages. The retaliatory Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip may be setting the stage for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to carry out a ground assault inside the territory.
