John Hoeven: “Israel is doing everything they can to make sure food does…”

“No question it's Hamas. There's absolutely no moral equivalency between Hamas, a terrorist organization, and Israel, a country that's trying to defend itself. And in fact, Israel is doing everything they can to make sure food does get into women, into children and civilians. The problem is Hamas is trying to prevent that and of course, then trying to use that as a tool of war, hiding behind their own women and children to …” (00:27–00:35)

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