Hamas attacks Israel on October 7 as Biden pledges unwavering support

Hamas carries out the deadliest single-day attack on Jewish people since the Holocaust, killing approximately 1,200 Israelis and taking around 250 hostages. President Biden pledges "rock solid and unwavering" US support for Israel's right to defend itself. In subsequent weeks and months, Biden faces an escalating political crisis as Israel's military campaign in Gaza kills tens of thousands of Palestinians, displaces 1.7 million, and triggers college campus protests, progressive Democratic dissatisfaction, and pressure from Arab-American voters in main states like Michigan. Biden struggles to balance support for Israel with pressure to impose conditions on military aid and call for a ceasefire.