The White House announced that US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, amid growing discontent over the Israeli bombing that killed seven aid workers in Gaza.
The White House statement said: Biden He stressed to Netanyahu that “the attack on humanitarian workers and the humanitarian situation in general is unacceptable.”
He added that Biden made clear a need Israel To “announce and implement a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, human suffering and the safety of aid workers.”
Biden informed Netanyahu that US policy would be linked to Israel taking “immediate action” regarding civilians in Gaza.
An official source told a Sky News Arabia reporter that the call was tense and tense.
Biden urged the Israeli Prime Minister to reach an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza.
Before the call, the White House said that Biden felt angry and hurt by the attack, but… The American President There was no fundamental change in Washington’s steadfast support for Israel in its conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Reuters quoted famous chef Jose Andres on Wednesday as saying that the Israeli attack that killed seven food aid workers in Gaza targeted them “systematically, one vehicle after another.”
Concern about the slow pace of aid arriving by land prompted the United States to carry out an airdrop of aid and establish a temporary dock to unload shipments arriving by sea.
American and Israeli delegates met online on Monday to discuss the Israeli threat to launch a large-scale attack on the city Rafah In southern Gaza, where many Palestinians seek refuge to escape the fighting elsewhere.
The United States and Israel plan to hold further discussions at an in-person meeting of delegates next week.
White House National Security spokesman John Kirby told reporters that although the in-person meeting is unlikely to reach vital results and decisions on the way forward, Washington hopes to make progress on how to eradicate Hamas fighters from Rafah without harming civilians.
The negotiations also aim to reach a temporary ceasefire in Gaza In exchange for Hamas releasing the sick, elderly, and wounded hostage it held after the October 7 attack, in which Hamas also killed 1,200 people.
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