Witkoff and Kushner reject allegations of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

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Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner denied that the Palestinian people had suffered a “genocide” while also noting the destruction of Gaza. 

CBS News’s 60 Minutes aired an interview with the pair Sunday, which happened to be the day where there was an exchange of fire between Israel and terrorists in southern Gaza despite a ceasefire. Anchor Lesley Stahl asked the pair: “Would you say now, having been [to Gaza], that it was genocide?”

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