The White House concludes that “Israel is not responsible” for the explosion after examining various evidence
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has clarified that the statements in which he has pointed out Palestinian militiamen as possible responsible for the attack that left nearly half a thousand dead in a hospital in the Gaza Strip derive from the information that he has received. provided by the North American Department of Defense.
“From what I’ve seen, it seems like the other side did it, not you,” Biden said in his first words to the press after arriving in Israel, in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
As he later clarified, after meeting with survivors of the attacks launched by Hamas on October 7, this veiled allusion to Palestinian responsibility does not derive from Israeli sources. This is “data that my Department of Defense has shown me,” he indicated.
The White House has reported in a separate message that, although they continue to “gather information”, the “current” evaluation allows it to be declared “that Israel is not responsible” for the explosion at the health center.
The spokesperson for the National Security Council, Adrienne Watson, explained in a brief note that this conclusion is based on satellite images, intercepted information and data obtained from “open sources.”
The North American president has also participated in a meeting of the war cabinet formed in Israel, before which he made his message of support clear. The United States is willing to “continue to cover the backs” of its ally while “defending its population.”
In this sense, he has praised the political unity woven in Israel after the start of the current escalation of violence and has made it clear that “they are not alone,” reports the newspaper ‘Haaretz’.
Biden has also taken the opportunity to appeal for the protection of civilians, although Netanyahu has pointed out that it is Hamas that wants to “maximize” the victims among the population. Israel, on the other hand, wants to “minimize” them, the prime minister has alleged.
According to Netanyahu, “Hama wants to kill as many Israelis as possible and does not care about the lives of Palestinians.” Israel has already confirmed more than 1,400 deaths from militant attacks, while in the Gaza Strip the death toll is close to 3,500.
