In a statement on X, Bush claimed that millions of people in Gaza are being slaughtered with nowhere to go. She stated, "Babies, dead. Pregnant women, dead. Elderly, dead. Generations of families, dead." Bush called for the United States to stop funding what she referred to as "atrocities against Palestinians."
As the Israeli military expands its ground operations in Gaza, targeting rocket and anti-tank missile positions, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry claims that over 8,000 Palestinians have been killed since the conflict began on October 7. However, this data is believed to be inflated, and the Biden administration has dismissed the health ministry as a "front for Hamas."
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Bush is part of a small but vocal group of Democrats who oppose Israel in the ongoing conflict. Representatives Ilhan Omar from Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib from Michigan, who are also critics of Israel, have faced accusations of antisemitism.
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Tlaib was one of the first to condemn Israel for an airstrike on a hospital in Gaza, a claim that has since been discredited. U.S. intelligence has determined that the blast originated from a rocket fired by militants in Gaza that fell short.
Tlaib has yet to delete her statement regarding Israel's alleged attack on the hospital.