President Joe Biden on Tuesday confirmed that US citizens are among the large number of hostages taken by Hamas during its surprise attack on Israel and said that the latest death toll for Americans was now 14.
Biden said at the White House there were "at least 14 American citizens killed" and "we now know that American citizens are among those being held by Hamas."
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the attack by Hamas on Israel was "sheer evil."
"There are moments in this life -- I mean this literally -- when a pure unadulterated evil is unleashed on this world," he said in a televised speech. "This is an act of sheer evil."