CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to “not be silent” about suffering in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war, saying she expressed her “serious concern” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday while telling him it is time to lock down a ceasefire deal.
What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating,” Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, told reporters in remarks after her meeting with Netanyahu in Washington.
We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering and I will not be silent,” she continued.
“As I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu, it is time to get this deal done,” she said.
The vice president, who has met with the families, listed the names of those being held by Hamas.
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