“I’ll do better” – US president, Joe Biden apologises to Muslims over Gaza war

President of the United States, Joe Biden, has reportedly apologised to a group of American Muslims over the killing of Palestinians in the war between Hamas and Israel.

The Gaza Ministry of Health says more than 14,000 people have been killed, adding that some 10,000 of those killed are believed to be women and children.

According to Daily Mail, President Biden privately apologised and vowed to “do better” to a group of Muslim Americans for casting “excessive skepticism” over the number of Palestinian deaths released by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health.

Biden faced five community figureheads who were furious one day after he publicly dismissed a Palestinian death toll on October 25.

It was reported that at the press conference at the White House, President Biden who has been steadfast in his support of Israel since October 7 said, “I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed.”

Days later, President Biden reportedly fraught discussions with five community public figures who were incensed by his comments, as their group back-and-forth went over Biden’s allotted scheduled time by 30 minutes.

All five attendees had been hand-picked by the White House, and one of the attendees was said to have told the Washington Post that “We said, ‘Palestinians are dying. We’re not okay with the numbers of their dead being disputed.”

The meeting which was only meant to run for 30 minutes however went on for more than an hour, and President Biden ended up hugging one of the participants and vowed to “do better.”

One of the five attendees, Keith Ellison, reportedly told the Washington Post that “Muslim community leaders told President Biden that the suffering of innocent Gazans trying to survive in extremely difficult circumstances has actually increased the likelihood of Islamophobic attacks in the United States.

“The President listened carefully, responded sincerely, and showed empathy and compassion for the suffering of everyone. I am hopeful he will act on that empathy,” Ellison said.

President Biden and his officials have been meeting with various groups of Muslim, Palestinian and Arab Americans in recent weeks as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to divide public opinion.