Friday’s letter known as on the Biden administration to conduct its personal probe into an Israeli airstrike that killed seven workers of the help group World Central Kitchen on Monday.
Representative Nancy Pelosi, former House speaker and a key ally of Joe Biden, signed a letter on Friday from dozens of congressional Democrats to the President and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging a halt to weapons transfers to Israel.
Israel’s navy assault on Gaza, which adopted Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ October 7 assault, has come underneath rising worldwide criticism because the Gaza well being ministry has reported greater than 33,000 individuals have died within the warfare and the slender coastal enclave suffers widespread famine.
Support from Pelosi, a veteran member of Biden’s Democratic Party, for stopping the transfer of weapons to Israel confirmed that the view is more and more turning into mainstream within the get together.Â
Friday’s letter known as on the Biden administration to conduct its personal probe into an Israeli airstrike that killed seven workers of the help group World Central Kitchen on Monday.Â
“In light of the recent strike against aid workers and the ever-worsening humanitarian crisis, we believe it is unjustifiable to approve these weapons transfers,” the letter stated. It was signed by Pelosi and 36 different Democrats together with Representatives Barbara Lee, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The Israeli navy stated on Friday it dismissed two officers and formally reprimanded senior commanders after an inquiry into the help staff’ deaths discovered severe errors and breaches of process. Biden held a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday during which he stated Israel wanted to do extra to defend civilians or the US would change its coverage.
Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel killed 1,200 individuals, in accordance to Israeli tallies. Israel’s subsequent navy assault on Hamas-governed Gaza has displaced almost all of its 2.3 million inhabitants and led to genocide allegations that Israel denies.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is printed from Reuters)
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