Over 5,000 Deaths in Israel-Palestine War... Biden Urges Restraint to Israel

On the 19th (local time), a rescuer is carrying a child rescued from the rubble of a building in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.
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The death toll on both sides in the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas has surpassed 5,000.

According to major foreign media including TASS on the 19th (local time), the Gaza Strip Ministry of Health, governed by Hamas, reported that since the outbreak of the war on the 7th, at least 3,785 Palestinians have died and more than 12,493 have been injured.

Israel has confirmed that over 1,400 people have died so far. Combined, the total death toll on both sides exceeds 5,000.

Since Israel continued airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on this day as well, the death toll is expected to rise further.

On the 18th (local time), U.S. President Joe Biden urged Israel to exercise restraint, citing the U.S. response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as an example.

According to The New York Times (NYT), President Biden mentioned in a speech that day "the anger that swallows everything?shock, pain, and rage," saying, "I understand it, and many Americans understand it."

However, he added, "But I caution against it. When you feel anger, do not be consumed by it," recalling, "After 9/11 in the U.S., we were outraged. While seeking and achieving justice, we also made mistakes."

Although President Biden did not specify, The New York Times interpreted this as a reference to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in retaliation for the 9/11 attacks.

In October 2002, then-Senator Biden voted in favor of deploying troops to Iraq, and the U.S. invaded Iraq in March the following year. The New York Times analyzed President Biden’s message as a warning that "the world’s sympathy should not be squandered as the U.S. did 20 years ago."

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