(State Department) U.S. State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said Tuesday: "The misery that is faced by people in Gaza is because of Hamas....People want to blame Israel for all of this that is going on over the past few weeks. Let's take a look at the dire situation that people in Gaza are facing, and that is a result of Hamas' governing." "The actions, the activities that are taking place there...would certainly stop if violent protests were to stop and if Hamas were to stop inciting violence, encouraging people to go up to the border fence, encouraging people to cut through the border fence, encouraging people to run down that border fence and into Israel....If that were to stop, then certainly the violence would stop." "Israel has a right to defend itself. When people are being sent to the border, they are bringing weapons, they are threatening to cross through the fence, they are throwing Molotov cocktails - Israel has a right to defend itself....We are not going to be sympathetic to Hamas. Hamas does not take care of its own people."
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