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John Fetterman: “That was the terrible... collateral... of an urban war that…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Sen. John Fetterman on Democratic Divides, DSA & Israel | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 1:01:20

Just because you're killing a group slowly doesn't mean you're not killing a group just because you could do it faster. No, no, no. That doesn't. That. That was the terrible... collateral... of an urban war that forced Israel to fight... because Hamas was holding their hostages and refused to disarm. and send our people back home. I think they've killed like 1200 Palestinians since the ceasefire. Yeah, most of them were, Were, were killing. Ha. And I think that's necessary. (1:01:20–1:01:33)

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Asserts that the conflict was collateral damage of urban warfare due to Hamas's actions.

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