US President Biden issued a statement regarding the death of seven staff members of an international NGO providing aid in the Gaza Strip in an attack by the Israeli military, stating that Israel has adequately protected the people and residents providing humanitarian assistance. I accused him of not doing so.
World Central Kitchen, an international NGO that has been carrying out food relief activities in the Gaza Strip and other areas of Palestine, announced on the 2nd that seven of its staff working in the Gaza Strip were killed in an attack by the Israeli military. Did.
Regarding this, US President Biden released a statement on the 2nd, saying, ``I am deeply outraged and heartbroken. Their deaths are a tragedy.'' He urged Israel to promptly investigate the cause and make the results public. I asked you to do so.
"This fighting is one of the worst in recent memory in terms of the high number of humanitarian casualties. Israel has done enough to protect its aid workers. He criticized Israel's response.
He also pointed out that ``Israel has not done enough to protect civilians,'' and continued to call for increased humanitarian assistance and an immediate ceasefire that would lead to the release of the hostages.
President Biden has repeatedly called on Israel, which continues to carry out military operations, to protect residents and others, but he has stepped up his condemnation of the situation as humanitarian aid workers continue to sacrifice their lives and the number of deaths among residents continues to rise. It is a shape.