Live updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

President Joe Biden was asked by a reporter in Israel on Wednesday what made him confident that the Israelis weren’t behind the explosion that killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday.

Biden responded that it was “the data I was shown by my Defense Department.”

Two U.S. officials told ABC News the Pentagon independently concluded the Gaza hospital blast was likely caused by an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that fell short of its target.

  • Stamau123@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    124·
    9 months ago
    1. He was asked on the street by a random reporter.

    Out of anything this is the strangest complaint. Why wouldn’t he answer a street reporter?

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      432·
      9 months ago

      Because Biden’s biggest fans have spent years defending his misspeaking by saying his stutter makes him get words mixed up when he’s randomly asked questions…

      So when he’s stopped to get asked a random question, we need to wait a day or two to see if that’s what he really meant to say, or if his stutter made him somehow say the wrong words again.

      • NewNewAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
        133·
        9 months ago

        If the administration comes out with a revision or clarified updated statement then I’ll likely accept that too. For now, words out of the presidents literal mouth are as much of an official statement that I need.