US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak by telephone on Thursday (April 4). It will be their first phone call since an Israeli attack in Gaza killed seven aid workers. The British media reported the news.
A US official confirmed the Biden-Netanyahu phone conversation to Agence France-Presse on Wednesday. But what they will talk about, is not yet known. However, it is said that anger towards the United States is increasing to increase pressure on the Netanyahu government. Potential Democratic candidate Joe Biden is under pressure from Muslim voters, especially before the upcoming US presidential election.
Earlier, Biden expressed anger over the death of relief workers of the US charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) in the Israeli attack.
He also commented that Israel must do more to protect civilians and aid workers in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu called the death of seven aid workers in an Israeli strike in Gaza “unintended”. In addition to Palestine, the dead included citizens of the UK, Australia, Poland and the US-Canadian.
Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke on the phone with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant. At the same time, he called on Israel to take strong measures to protect aid workers and Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
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