'Priority for me to urgently address humanitarian crisis in Gaza': Biden

By Servet Gunerigok

WASHINGTON (AA) - US President Joe Biden on Friday reiterated his support for Israel and said that it is “also a priority” for him to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

"We're making sure Israel has what it needs to defend itself and respond to these (Hamas) attacks. It's also a priority for me to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza," Biden said in an address in Philadelphia.

The US president said he is directing his teams to work in the region, including communicating directly with the governments of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab nations and the UN.

"We can’t lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas and Hamas’s appalling attacks and they’re suffering as a result," he said.