Sen. Murphy: ‘I do not support a ceasefire,’ but ‘size of civilian casualties have been too high’

As the conflict in Israel approaches one month and the toll of civilian casualties climbs, the Biden administration warns Iran and Hezbollah against attacking Israel. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joins Andrea Mitchell after signing onto a letter calling for a ‘cessation of hostilities,’ but not a full ceasefire. “I do not support a ceasefire. I do not believe that Israel should stand down in their fight to hold Hamas accountable,” Sen. Murphy tells Andrea. “I think that would just give Hamas more time to rearm and attack Israel again. But I do believe that the size of the civilian casualties have been too high. And ultimately I think that that will frustrate Israel’s war plan which is to defeat Hamas.”

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Sen. Murphy: ‘I do not support a ceasefire,’ but ‘size of civilian casualties have been too high’

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  1. 8
    @sandralester9706

    Just evil! Notice how it's just all the elite white men with this dumb narrative. Natenyahu is trying to use the bible to justify, but honestly, America and Israel, God is talking about the REAL Israel the country before they colonized land that wasn't theirs!

  2. 9
    @ernestandrews2206

    How are they going to get the hostages out if there is indiscriminate bombing . They are not interested about these hostages , their bs will be exposed as it happened already

  3. 16
    @colico14

    Unbelievable cowardice. Shame on you, Murphy. Grow a pair and denounce Israel's monstrous genocide against the Palestinians!

  4. 17
    @KingBrandonm

    Literally if they just stop the indiscriminate bombing civilian casualties would drop dramatically. It wasn't bombs that got bin Laden. It was special forces. All bombs ever got us was ISIS.

  5. 21
    @rogerm3708

    The call for a cease fire is to save Hamas leadership, not the innocents. Otherwise, they wouldn't have such a lack of concern for it's innocent population

  6. 24
    @jurassicpark1fan920

    This is just speculation but what if the hostages are being placed throughout Gaza and are not in the tunnels? They could be killed by the constant bombings of the Israeli government if they are being placed throughout Gaza by Hamas.

  7. 27
    @ddm8438

    And this coward want to disarm Americans, but is ok dropping bombs on the innocent people of Gaza. He's a coward and a clown!

  8. 30
    @thelastbison2241

    Chris Murphy is one of the more knowledge people, but at 5% interest rates with the potential to go higher if inflation does not break and a recession if it does, and up from 0% from 2022; you are not scaring anyone whether allies or enemies.

  9. 34
    @chrisjohnson2460

    Israel is not the injured Party. The Palestinian people are. And have been for decades.
    You seem to be confused about which way is up and which way is down, including the depth of our involvement.

  10. 36
    @lovemeloveu3572

    They talk about Ukrainian where is same respect for Palestinian children where are u thos they said Russian doing gonecid in Ukrainian why don't u say same things about poor Palestinian man woman children where is your heart im guessing that heart is dad for Palestinian children only Israeli and Ukrainian Metter to western countries shame on those people in politics and to afraid to speak out what Israeli has done for your country that u so afraid to speak out thank you for those standing up for Palestinian

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