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As Israeli forces advanced deeper into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, US President Joe Biden declared Hamas had lost its ability to carry out a major terrorist attack on Israel, and he endorsed what he said was the latest Israeli offer of a cease-fire deal. VOA's White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has the story.

For decades, the liberal media have always had a soft spot for Hamas. Heck, even the Associated Press’s Gaza bureau shared a Gaza City high-rise with the barbaric Islamists. In the days following Hamas’s animalistic reign of terror on October 7, some in the White House press corps pestered National Security Council’s John Kirby during briefings with Hamas talking points.

As 2023 closes with violence in Gaza, a war in Ukraine and tension between the world's largest powers, VOA White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara spoke with National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on foreign policy challenges in the year ahead. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. VOA: On Gaza, the president…

And supplemental talks continue through the weekend.

Israel’s military said Wednesday 10 of its soldiers were killed in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip as it carried out attacks in its campaign to eliminate the Hamas militant group from the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said it attacked more than 250 targets during the past...

Latest Developments: Lack of fuel in Gaza affects coordination of delivery of humanitarian aid. Netanyahu says Israel has not been successful in minimizing civilian casualties Gaza is facing the “immediate possibility of starvation,” according to the World Food Program executive director...

Latest developments: Israeli forces continue operations around Shifa Hospital in Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden accused Hamas of operating a command center at Shifa Hospital. He called it a "war crime." Hamas and hospital officials deny that the medical center -- Gaza's largest -- is being used for that purpose. Hamas said in a statement that the Biden administration essentially gave the IDF a "green light" to carry out the raid. The White House rejects the claim. The he...

Latest developments: U.S. President Joe Biden says he believes Hamas hostages will be released but gives no timetable. The U.S. leader says hospitals i

Preventing Beijing’s election interference on Taiwan and reestablishing communication between American and Chinese militaries will be high on President Joe Biden’s agenda Wednesday during a highly anticipated meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in the San Francisco Bay area. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby spoke with VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara…

Almost on a daily basis at the White House press briefing, reporters from the taxpayer-funded outlets NPR, PBS, and Voice of America remind us why they deserve to be defunded. On Monday, VOA correspondent Patsy Widakuswara asked National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan if President Biden’s “concerned” that America’s “on the wrong side of history” by supporting Israel, adding the U.S. is “losing” credibility by supporting the Jewish state.