“The attacks on aid workers and the humanitarian situation in general are unacceptable. Israel must announce and implement a series of specific, concrete and measurable measures to address harm to civilians, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers.” This is what American President Joe Biden said in a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to what we read in a note from the White House, which underlines that Biden “has made it clear that the United States' policy towards Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel's immediate action on these measures.”
The President also stressed that “a Immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and urged the Prime Minister to enable his negotiators to conclude an agreement without delay to bring the hostages home.”
Already yesterday, Biden accused Israel of not doing enough to protect aid workers, urging a swift investigation into the Israel Defense Forces drone attack in Gaza that killed seven people working for the World Central Kitchen charity.
Criticism also came to Israel from Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin who, speaking with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, asked Tel Aviv to take concrete steps to protect humanitarian workers and Palestinian civilians in Gaza ''after repeated failures of coordination ''. In a note released by the Pentagon we read that “Secretary Austin expressed his outrage at the Israeli attack on a World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid convoy that killed seven aid workers, including an American citizen”. also urged Gallant to conduct a “swift and transparent” investigation, share its findings publicly and hold those responsible to account, the Pentagon said.
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