This week's horrific attack on the World Central Kitchen.
Was not the first such incident.
It must be the last.
President Biden spoke a short while ago with Prime Minister
Netanyahu.
The leaders discussed the situation in Gaza.
The President emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and
the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable.
He made clear the need for Israel to announce a
series of specific,
concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm,
humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers.
He made clear that U.S.
policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our
assessment of Israeli immediate action on these steps.
When I saw the news of the strike,
I was outraged and I strongly condemn it.
When I spoke to it the other day.
Others of my colleagues had been out.
I was focused on.
The the, the people, the individuals who had.
Lost their lives, given their lives in service of their
fellow human beings,
that was.
What was motivating me in those initial comments?
Because it's so important that?
The world understand these are heroes.
And what these men and women did?
The ones who lost their lives in Gaza,
as well as people working for World Central Kitchen around
the world in so many places of conflict,
is extraordinary and the best of humanity,
and I thought it was important as well to put
the focus on that,
even as the administration spoke clearly about our outrage and
our condemnation.