In a statement on Tuesday reacting to the strikes, Biden explicitly blamed Israel for failing to protect aid workers and civilians in Gaza.
Kayla Tausche, MJ Lee and Michael Williams, CNNThe non-profit World Central Kitchen has named its seven aid workers who were killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza on Tuesday, praising their "beautiful souls," as inPresident Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are speaking on Thursday for the first time sinceIsrael has acknowledged responsibility for the strikes but said the convoy was not targeted and the workers' deaths were not intentional.
In a statement on Tuesday reacting to the strikes, Biden explicitly blamed Israel for failing to protect aid workers and civilians in Gaza, saying he was outraged by the deaths of the World Central Kitchen workers and adding: "Incidents like yesterday's simply should not happen." But the strikes still appear to have not threatened the relationship between Israel and the United States - its largest and most important ally. Biden is set to green light an $18 billion sale of fighter jets from the United States and Israel and the administration recently authorized the transfer to Israel of over 1,000 500-pound bombs and over 1,000 small-diameter bombs, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Biden's hesitance to do so is increasingly out of step with the actions and public statements of other world leaders, including US allies.
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