The American leader pushed back against the United Nations report stating Israel was committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
(Sept. 20, 2025 / JNS) The Hamas-led invasion and massacre in Israel’s south on Oct. 7, 2023, “was genocide at the highest level,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, after he was asked about the recent U.N. report claiming Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
“I haven’t seen [the report],” Trump stated, “but did anybody commit genocide on Oct. 7? What do you think about that? That was murder, genocide, you can call it whatever you want … but little babies were chopped in half, arms were cut off people, heads were cut off people—that’s genocide.”
Trump was also asked about the hostages in captivity in Gaza and whether a ceasefire was not the best solution to bring them back.