Dem senator admonishes Israel over 'unacceptable' Gaza civilian death, urges immediate strategy change
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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., admonished Israel for the rate of civilian deaths amid its operations in Gaza, and urged the nation to reconsider its approach.
"As we have learned from America's own counterterrorism campaigns, disproportionately large numbers of civilian casualties come with a moral cost, but also a strategic cost, as terrorism groups feed off of the grievances caused by civilian harm," he said. Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
Murphy emphasized that Israel has a right to defend itself following the devastating Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that resulted in the murder of more than 1,300 civilians, including children and babies, but said it had "not struck the right balance between military necessity and proportionality."