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‘Temperature … is very high’, reports say as US president is due to talk to Israeli PM for first time since attack; Jill Biden said to be pushing Biden to stop war now
Joe Biden, in a statement after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) drone attack on Monday that killed seven people working for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity, said Israel was not doing enough to protect aid workers and called for a swift investigation into the strike.
In comments that were highly critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza, Biden said:
This conflict has been one of the worst in recent memory in terms of how many aid workers have been killed.
This is a major reason why distributing humanitarian aid in Gaza has been so difficult – because Israel has not done enough to protect aid workers trying to deliver desperately needed help to civilians … Israel has also not done enough to protect civilians.
1.30pm ET. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief.
5pm. Joe Biden will host a reception celebrating Greek Independence Day at the White House.
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