Norah O’Donnell Calls Israel’s Bombing of Gaza ‘Indiscriminate’ While Pressing Hakeem Jeffries on 60 Minutes

Norah O’Donnell flatly described Israel’s bombing of Gaza “indiscriminate” during an interview with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for 60 Minutes.

The CBS Nightly News anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent sat with the Brooklyn-based Democratic member of Congress and appeared to insert a subtle though not insignificant bit of opinion in her line of questioning over Israel’s ongoing response to the atrocities of the October 7th attack led by Hamas.

Rep. Jeffries defended Israel’s actions, saying they had been “put in a very difficult situation when it comes to the horrific events of 10/7, a brutal terrorist attack by Hamas, which is an entity and has sworn to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. So Israel was in a position where, of course, it had to respond to decisively defeat Hamas at the same time.”

“But isn’t it also true that, while retaliating and going after Hamas terrorists, that Israel has been indiscriminate in its bombing?” O’Donnell pressed, echoing the sentiments of the pro-Palestine protest movement across the nation’s campuses.

“I would not say that they’ve been indiscriminate,” Jeffries replied. “I do think what we’d like to see moving forward is the execution of the new phases of this conflict with surgical precision.”

HAKEEM JEFFRIES: Israel was put in a very difficult situation when it comes to the horrific events of 10/7, a brutal terrorist attack by Hamas, which is an entity and has sworn to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. So Israel was in a position where, of course, it had to respond to decisively defeat Hamas at the same time. My view has been that we have to do everything possible to get the hostages out and to surge humanitarian assistance into Gaza.

NORAH O’DONNELL: But isn’t it also true that, while retaliating and going after Hamas terrorists, that Israel has been indiscriminate in its bombing?

HAKEEM JEFFRIES: I would not say that they’ve been indiscriminate. I do think what we’d like to see moving forward is the execution of the new phases of this conflict with surgical precision.

O’DONNELL: You could still be a strong supporter of Israel and Americans’ defense of Israel and be critical of their approach about how they wage this war in Gaza.

JEFFRIES: That’s correct.

O’DONNELL: But you seem reluctant to criticize Israel at all?

JEFFRIES: I’m dealing with the facts on the ground.

O’DONNELL: The facts are, according to the U.N.- half of Gaza’s 2.2 million people are on the verge of famine. Has Israel done enough to get food and aid into Gaza?

JEFFRIES: Israel clearly needs to do more, as they have recently acknowledged through their actions, to surge humanitarian assistance into Gaza. The other thing that I think is important…

O’DONNELL: Only after they killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen.

JEFFRIES: Correct. And that was horrific, including one American. Now, in terms of the loss of innocent Palestinian life in this tough theater of war, that is deeply disturbing, tragic, and should be painful for anyone who has a shred of humanity in their body.

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