Biden and Netanyahu to hold first call since Israeli strike killed World Central Kitchen workers
Source: NBC News
April 3, 2024, 4:18 PM EDT
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to speak by phone on Thursday, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the call. It will be their first direct communication since seven aid workers were killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza this week.
The discussion comes after Biden on Tuesday delivered some of his strongest criticism of Israel since the start of its war with Hamas, saying that he was “outraged and heartbroken” by the deaths of the World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers, who were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Monday.
"Israel has not done enough to protect aid workers trying to deliver desperately needed help to civilians," Biden said in his statement Tuesday.
Netanyahu wrote on X on Tuesday that Israel "deeply regrets" the death of the workers, adding that the country is "fully committed to enabling humanitarian aid to reach the civilian population in Gaza and we will do everything in our power to ensure that such tragedies do not occur in the future." Biden and Netanyahu last spoke on March 18.
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