Washington avoids condemning Israel’s massacre in Beit Lahia and is satisfied with “concern.” news

The US administration avoided condemning the brutal massacre by the Israeli occupation army in Beit Lahia, north of the besieged Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of 20 children, content to describe it as “horrific,” said he was “concerned”. and they had contacted the Israeli government to ask “what happened.”

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters today, “We are deeply concerned about the killing of civilians in this incident. It is a horrific incident with a horrific outcome,” referring to on “reports of the killing of twenty children” in the bombing that destroyed a five-story building in Beit Lahia.

Miller said, “We have contacted the Israeli government to ask them what happened.” But he did not reveal immediate measures against Israel, which relies on American military and diplomatic support, but repeated the call of the United States to end the war in Gaza through negotiations.

Matthew Miller considered the “horrendous cost to civilians” in the latest strike “another reminder of why we must end this war. “

The US State Department spokesperson continued, “One year has passed since the military campaign launched by the Israeli government in Gaza. Israel has succeeded in weakening the military capabilities of Hamas. He has also succeeded in weakening the leadership of Hamas, and through his military action he has succeeded in ensuring that Hamas cannot repeat the October 7 attacks.” / October 2023, which triggered the war. “

Dozens of martyrs were killed today, Tuesday, in two Israeli massacres in the Beit Lahia project in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

In another file, the US State Department expressed again concern about the Israeli Knesset’s approval on Monday of a law banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), despite calls from Western countries to stop from doing that.

Earlier this month, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the United States could withhold military aid to Israel if it does not allow more humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Blinken “made it clear that we are against the passage of this legislation, and he made it clear that there could be legal and political ramifications for implementing this legislation,” Miller said.

When asked about Norway’s approach to the International Court of Justice to clarify Israel’s obligations regarding aid, Miller said of Israel, “Certainly they have a legal obligation to allow humanitarian aid to enter and not to set up roadblocks to humanitarian aid for the people. in Gaza.”