US President Joe Biden has pushed several false claims when speaking about the latest round of fighting in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Earlier this week, he delivered a 10-minute speech where he laid the blame for the violence squarely on Palestinian fighters, absolving Israel of any responsibility.
His speech came three days after Palestinian fighters launched a multi-pronged assault on southern Israel, killing at least 1,200 people and taking at least 100 Israelis captive.
According to Mohammed Deif, the leader of Hamas's military wing, the operation was launched in response to an increase in settler attacks in the occupied West Bank and repeated incursions at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Gaza has been under a debilitating Israeli blockade since 2007, leaving about 80 percent of the Palestinians in the Strip reliant on international aid.