WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs issued the following press release:

QUESTION: And here with me now is the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Ambassador Greenfield, thank you so much for being here. We want to get to a really important conversation that you had over at the UN today, but first I want to get your reaction to the reports that we are getting out of the Nasser Hospital in Gaza. When you hear what happened there, does this fit into what President Biden said was over-the-top actions by the IDF in some cases in Gaza?

AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: Look, President Biden has been clear that while Israel has a right to defend itself, it has t...