US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated Washington’s whole support for Israel’s continuous military operations in Gaza in a joint news conference including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Emphasizing that Hamas, the militant organization now running the Gaza Strip, needs to be “eliminated” and “eradicated,” Rubio said that the group cannot be let to persist as either a military or political institution.

Despite criticism over Trump’s suggestion to forcibly remove Palestinians from the territory, Rubio also complimented former US President Donald Trump’s posture on Gaza, calling it........

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