Aid workers die: Biden’s harshest criticism of Israel in 50 years

America President of Joe Biden on an apparently unarmed, unmarked aid convoy in Gaza Israeli airstrikes has expressed ‘heartfelt shock and outrage’ over the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers who were killed during

In a statement Tuesday evening, he delivered perhaps the harshest criticism of Israel in his entire 50-year career.

Incidents like the attack on the convoy by the Israeli Defense Forces “shouldn’t happen,” Biden said Israel has ‘not taken sufficient measures’ to protect civilians or aid workers during the six-month war against Hamas.

“This conflict is the worst war in recent history in terms of how many aid workers have been killed,” he said. This is one of the main reasons why it is so difficult to deliver aid to the people in Gaza – because Israel has not done enough to protect aid workers trying to provide much-needed aid to civilians.’

He added that Israel has promised to conduct a thorough investigation into why aid workers’ vehicles were targeted by airstrikes. These investigations should be speedy, accountable and the results should be made public.

Joe Biden also noted that the U.S. has “repeatedly urged Israel to halt its military operations against Hamas on humanitarian grounds to avoid civilian casualties” and said the U.S. “will continue to support the Palestinians in Gaza.” Will continue to make every effort to provide humanitarian assistance to citizens through all available means.’

He promised to ‘keep up the pressure on Israel to take further steps to facilitate this aid. And we are pushing for an immediate ceasefire as part of the detainee agreement’ and said there is a US team in Cairo ‘at this time’ for negotiations.

He said that ‘May God forgive the aid workers who died yesterday and comfort their grieving families and loved ones.’

The US president is the latest addition to a list of world leaders who have condemned the attack on the defenseless aid workers, who were completing a seaborne food shipment to Gaza.

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The non-governmental organization founded by celebrity chef Jose Andres says the IDF targeted his three-vehicle convoy, which included 25-year-old Saif al-Din Essam Ayab Abu Taha, a Palestinian, from Australia. 43-year-old Lalzumi Francom, 35-year-old Damien Sobol from Poland, 33-year-old Jacob Flickinger, a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, 57-year-old British citizen John Chapman, 33-year-old James Henderson and 47-year-old James Kirby are also involved. .

WCK CEO Erin Gore said in a statement on Tuesday that ‘these seven beautiful souls were killed by the IDF in an attack as they were returning from a full day’s mission. Their smiles, laughter and voices are forever etched in our memories. And we have countless memories of him giving his best life to the world. We are shocked by our loss – the world’s loss.’

British Prime Minister Rishi Sonic on Tuesday condemned the airstrike and called for a ‘full and transparent investigation’ by Israel.

Sonic also telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and said that “many aid workers and civilians have lost their lives in Gaza so far” and the situation there is becoming “unbearable”.

Netanyahu called the attack a “tragic incident of our forces’ unintended attack on innocent people in the Gaza Strip” and promised that the country’s armed forces would “do everything possible to prevent this from happening again.”