President Joe Biden issued a statement late on Tuesday after an Israeli airstrike accidentally killed seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip, blaming Israel for problems with aid distribution and saying Israel was not targeting civilians. They argued that not enough efforts were being made to protect them.
Biden’s statement barely mentioned Hamas, nor did it mention its tactics of using civilians as human shields or stealing humanitarian aid. (The tragic airstrike was targeting No armed Hamas members were present. )
Mr. Biden said in a statement (emphasis added):
I am outraged and saddened by the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers, including one American, in Gaza yesterday. They were feeding starving civilians during the war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy.
Israel has pledged to conduct a thorough investigation into why the aid worker’s vehicle was hit by an airstrike. Investigations must be swift, there must be accountability, and the results must be made public.
What’s even more tragic is that this is not an isolated incident. The conflict has been one of the worst in recent memory, with many aid workers killed. This is the main reason why it is so difficult to distribute humanitarian aid in Gaza. Because Israel is not doing enough to protect aid workers who are delivering desperately needed aid to civilians. Incidents like yesterday should never happen. Israel is also not doing enough to protect civilians. The United States has repeatedly urged Israel to distinguish between military operations against Hamas and humanitarian operations to avoid civilian casualties.
In 2021, the U.S. military killed 10 civilians in a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan.Biden administration claimed He said the strike was “justice” but later admitted he had made a terrible mistake.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken could not tell Congress at the time whether the man killed along with seven children was a civilian aid worker or a terrorist.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Helj Halevi publicly apologized in a video statement, saying the airstrike that hit the World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy was a mistake. .
“I want to be clear that this strike was not carried out with the intention of harming WCK aid workers. It was a mistake that happened. It shouldn’t have happened.”
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