Former President Donald Trump took issue with those downplaying the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Islamic militant group Hamas as similar to "Holocaust deniers."
Over 1,200 Israelis were killed during Hamas' invasion of the Jewish state, leading to an eight-month military conflict in the region.
During a Wednesday interview with the former president, Fox News' Sean Hannity discussed President Joe Biden's response to the conflict.
“I never thought in my lifetime I would listen to a president of our country, leader of the Free World, literally tell a country that was attacked by radical Islamic terrorists, that we’ll support your defense but we won’t support you fighting back after the Iranians fired weapons into their country,” Hannity said. “To me, that was a surrender in the War on Terror. We’re trying to lecture Israel, ‘You can’t go into Rafah, you can’t do this.’ Okay, excuse me: How would we act if we lost what would be a population extrapolated out (as) 40,000 Americans in a day?”
In response, Trump declared Israel "has to finish that job."
"They have to finish it quickly, strongly, and they have to get back to life again, because it’s taken too long. They have to finish the job,” Trump said, to which Hannity agreed.
“You gotta win,” Trump continued. “The attack on October 7, and it’s getting more and more demeaned, they’re demeaning it, I have people now telling me they don’t think the attack ever happened. And take a look, watch the news reports.”
Hannity then referenced a nearly 50-minute reel of footage depicting deaths of Israelis during the Oct. 7 attack, which some have called "beyond imagination."
"You watch these people on television, and then just like you have Holocaust deniers also, they say the Holocaust never did — it’s the exact same people," Trump said of those down-playing or demeaning the attack. "They’re saying it never happened.”
Biden's response to the Israel-Hamas conflict has been met with a mixed response as some have referred to the president as "Genocide Joe" for not calling for a ceasefire from Israel, while Biden's other actions, which include the recent halting a weapon shipment to Israel, have garnered criticism from pro-Zionists.
Last week, Biden pushed for a truce between Israel and Gaza after Israel unveiled a three-phase proposal for a six-week ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
"It's time for this war to end, for the day after to begin," Biden said from the White House last Friday. "Israel has offered a comprehensive new proposal. It's a roadmap to an enduring ceasefire and the release of all hostages."
"Hamas needs to take the deal," Biden insisted.
