President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone call on Thursday will mark the two leaders’ first phone call since an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza.
In the aftermath of those deaths, Biden is “angry” and “increasingly frustrated” – and fully prepared to make all of that known to Netanyahu in their conversation, according to a senior administration official. “He will express those frustrations,” they said. White House officials have emphasized in the wake of the aid workers’ deaths that the US’ stance in supporting Israel’s current military operation remains unchanged.
“Either the information didn’t make it past the targeting team, or it was disregarded. Either way it’s a problem,” the US official told CNN. Israel has taken responsibility for the attack, with Netanyahu saying Tuesday that Israeli forces had “unintentionally struck innocent people in the Gaza Strip.” World Central Kitchen said it had coordinated the convoy’s movements with the Israeli military.
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