Candidates pledge support for Israel, and Florida governor says he’s ‘sick of Republicans losing’ as ex-president holds rally nearby

War in Gaza and other foreign policy issues were dominant in Wednesday’s lively third debate of Republican presidential hopefuls in Miami. Candidates pledged wholehearted support for Israel’s military onslaught of the territory following last month’s Hamas attacks.

“I will be telling Bibi [Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu] to finish the job once and for all with these butchers Hamas. They’re terrorists. They’re massacring innocent people. They would wipe every Jew off the globe if they could,” Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, said.

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