EU's Borrell suggests US give 'less arms' to Israel

After US President Joe Biden said Israel's conduct in Gaza was "over the top" last week, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell hinted that the American leader ought to do something to rein in that conduct.

"Well, if you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide less arms in order to prevent so many people being killed," Borrell told reporters on Monday.

"If the international community believes that this is a slaughter, that too many people are being killed, maybe we have to think about the provision of arms."

The EU's foreign policy chief said that countries were contradicting themselves when saying Israel was killing too many civilians in Gaza, but not using their leverage to prevent those killings.