American Senator Bernie Sanders described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war criminal."

Sanders said in an interview with "MSNBC" that Gaza is experiencing a horrific humanitarian disaster, and he will not attend Netanyahu's speech scheduled for this week before Congress.

The American senator added that he would not attend Netanyahu's speech; "he is a war criminal, and he should not have been invited in the first place. This is a real problem facing the (Joe) Biden administration, but (Donald) Trump's position would be worse," according to the news site "Al Jazeera.net."

He pointed out that "what Israel is doing now in its military campaign led by Netanyahu's far-right government is terrible."

Sanders called on Washington to do everything in its power to end the war and provide humanitarian aid to Gaza, which is experiencing a horrific humanitarian disaster.

Most Democratic legislators have already announced their intention to protest Netanyahu's speech after he was invited in May to speak before Congress.

About 100 members of the progressive congressional caucus in both the House and Senate are expected to boycott or protest Netanyahu's speech in some way.

Days ago, Sanders called on the U.S. administration to stop supplying arms to Israel, stating that the Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza resulted in the closure of key crossings and starvation of the population, and that America cannot continue to be complicit in the humanitarian disaster affecting Palestinians in the enclave.

He stated in a post on his account on "X" that "the invasion of Rafah must mean cutting off all military aid to the far-right government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."

He confirmed in a statement regarding the ongoing Israeli aggression against Gaza for more than 7 months that Gaza has not received any humanitarian aid for 5 days due to the closure of key crossings as a result of the Israeli invasion of Rafah.

He said, "The United States cannot continue to be complicit in the humanitarian disaster in Gaza where there is no food, no water, no medicine, and no fuel, and children are starving."

Sanders previously considered the United States complicit in the tragedy faced by the Palestinian people, stating in a speech before the Senate earlier this year that he finds it hard to understand why Congress has not acted to stop the suffering of Palestinians and address the humanitarian disaster they are facing in Gaza.