Israel presses on in Gaza even as Biden calls military response 'over the top'
Israeli forces carried out deadly airstrikes on Gaza on Friday, hours after U.S. President Joe Biden described the military response to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian territory's ruling Hamas movement as "over the top."
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![A child stands amid the destruction in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 9, 2024, as battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Two destroyed vehicles are shown with concrete debris atop and around then, as a person wearing a hood is shown in the foreground.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7110096.1707476752!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/rafah-2-9-24.jpg)
Israeli forces carried out deadly airstrikes on Gaza on Friday, hours after U.S. President Joe Biden described the military response to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian territory's ruling Hamas movement as "over the top."