U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf also accused Hamas—but not Israel—of 'genocide' and was confronted by CodePink activists, one of whom was arrested.
Contradicting her bosses in the Biden administration who have rejected official Palestinian casualty reports, a high-ranking U.S. State Department official on Wednesday said the death toll from Israel's war on Gaza may be 'even higher' than reported—an assessment that came during a congressional hearing interrupted by peace activists . 'In this period of conflict and conditions of war, it is very difficult for any of us to assess what the rate of casualties are,' U.S.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken—who heads an agency that has often cited Gaza Health Ministry casualty figures—and other Biden administration officials have also cast aspersions upon Palestinian officials' reports, with National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby last month calling the ministry 'just a front for Hamas.
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