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ABC News(WASHINGTON)  Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday said the Biden administration is not being heeded in its entreaties for Israel to reduce the civilian death toll from the military campaign against Hamas extremists in Gaza, which is being carried out with U.S. support. "I don t think it s getting through clearly enough because we continue to see unacceptably high levels of civilian casualties," Van Hollen told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "And when it comes to the humanitarian crisis [in Gaza], we still have a near-total siege." The Maryland lawmaker, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, acknowledged there had recently been some positive developments, such as Israel opening an important border crossing into the territory but "it shouldn t take this long." "Look, President [Joe] Biden has been absolutely right to stand with Israel in the objective of ending the military threat from Hamas. No

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