Former US President Donald Trump has hit out at current President Joe Biden, blaming his "weakness" for the escalating violence between Israel and Gaza - which has already seen over 40 deaths.
Claiming Biden's administration is enabling the situation in which militant groups are launching a barrage of missiles from the Gaza Strip into Tel Aviv, Trump slammed Biden's "lack of support" for Israel in a statement on his website.
What's more, Trump boldly said his administration was known as the "Peace Presidency" - a claim millions of Americans are sure to dispute.
Explaining why he believes that to be the truth, Trump said it's "because Israel's adversaries knew that the United States stood strongly with Israel and there would be swift retribution if Israel was attacked."
In a statement from his office, Trump wrote: "Under Biden, the world is getting more violent and more unstable because Biden’s weakness and lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies.
"America must always stand with Israel and make clear that the Palestinians must end the violence, terror, and rocket attacks, and make clear that the US will always strongly support Israel’s right to defend itself."
He went on to blast Democrats for continuing to "stand by crazed anti-American Rep. Omar, and others, who savagely attack Israel while they are under terrorist assault."
The White House on Monday expressed "serious concerns" about the situation, saying it is being "closely" monitored, however, Biden himself has yet to comment on the matter.
Biden's press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday: "We have serious concerns about the situation, including violent confrontations that we've seen over the last few days."
Biden's 2020 presidential campaign website says he "believes in the worth and value of every Palestinian and every Israeli."
It says: "He will work to ensure that Palestinians and Israelis enjoy equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity, and democracy. His policies will be grounded in a commitment to a two-state solution, where Israel and the future viable state of Palestine will live together in peace, security, and mutual recognition.
"Biden opposes any unilateral steps by either side that undermine a two-state solution. He opposes annexation and settlement expansion and will continue to oppose both as President."
The website adds that as president, Biden would "take immediate steps to restore economic and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, consistent with U.S. law, including assistance to refugees, work to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, reopen the U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem, and work to reopen the [Palestine Liberation Organization] mission in Washington."
It comes as violence broke out after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld plans to evict Palestinians from Jerusalem.
The current rate of airstrikes in Gaza is the most intense since the bombardment in 2014.
The deadly violence has forced Gaza's health ministry to speak out, saying that Israel's military has renewed its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, per Al Jazeera.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has also declared an emergency in the town of Lod, southeast of Tel Aviv, following what police called "wide-scale riots" by supporters of the Palestinians.
Vowing to continue attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, he said in a nationally televised speech late on Tuesday that Hamas "have paid, and will pay a heavy price", per BBC.
