‘Heartbreaking’: White House reacts to unintentional killing of hostages by Israeli forces
The White House says it’s mourning with the households of three Israeli hostages who had been by chance killed throughout a raid by Israeli forces in opposition to Hamas in Gaza.
Israeli forces mentioned they killed the hostages, who had been taken by the militants of their Oct. 7 raids, after mistakenly figuring out them as a risk.
“It’s heartbreaking. It’s tragic, this news coming out of Gaza today about these hostages being killed,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby advised reporters on a media name. “Obviously, this is not an outcome that anybody wanted to see.”
He mentioned President Biden was briefed in regards to the incident by his nationwide safety workforce Friday however had not spoken on to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about it.
Mr. Netanyahu referred to as it an “unbearable tragedy.”
Mr. Kirby mentioned he needed to be cautious about commenting as a result of the U.S. facet didn’t have “perfect visibility” of the particulars of the raid.
He mentioned the Israelis will doubtless take a look at the forensics of the operation to resolve the way it occurred.
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He cautioned, nonetheless, in opposition to drawing broad conclusions about what the tragedy says about Israeli operations in Gaza, saying Israel had carried out fine-tuned raids earlier within the battle.
“Right now, we’re mourning with the families that are getting the worst possible news a family can get,” Mr. Kirby mentioned.
