President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday spoke by phone for the first time since an Israeli drone strike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. Biden reportedly expressed “outrage” to Netanyahu over the death of the employees with the U.S.-based charity.
So far, this hasn’t shifted U.S. policy and support for Israel, but there’s increasing speculation it could be a turning point in the war. NJ Spotlight News caught up with Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine-Israel Program at the Arab Center in Washington D.C., to discuss the prospects.
“I think it certainly seems like a turning point, although we have seen many similar strikes for months now that clearly have led to the killing of civilians, Palestinian civilians, which haven’t been turning points, unfortunately,” Munayyer said.
The Israeli military initially apologized for the deadly strike calling it a “mistake,” even though the workers were traveling in clearly marked cars in coordination with Israeli authorities.
Of the Israeli airstrike, Munayyer called it an “extermination.”
“The first car in the convoy was hit, the people who were injured from that strike attempted to evacuate in another vehicle, that vehicle was hit and then the third vehicle was hit,” he said.
