Netanyahu brushes off Biden claim Israel response in Gaza is ‘over the top’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed off President Joe Biden‘s comment last week that the country’s operations against Hamas terrorists in Gaza have been “over the top.”

Biden made the comments during a press conference defending his mental acuity on Thursday, and it marked his sharpest criticism of Israel since the war began in October. Netanyahu said on ABC News’s This Week on Sunday that he was unsure of what Biden meant but said he was appreciative of Biden’s support of Israel throughout the war.

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