WP: USAID Calls for Increased Pressure on Israel After Death of Employee in Gaza
12/16/2023, 11:28:43 PM
Highlights: A 33-year-old employee of Hani Jnen was killed in Gaza in early November along with his wife and two children as a result of Israeli air strikes. Hundreds of humanitarian workers and social workers were killed in total. The Washington Post writes that this fact "infuriated" USAID officials, they want the White House to increase pressure on Israel. Earlier it became known that an employee of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also killed in the Gaza Strip as aresult of an Israeli strike.
Officials of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), after one of the agency's employees was killed in the Gaza Strip, called on the administration of US leader Joe Biden to increase pressure on Israel to reduce the number of civilian casualties.
The Washington Post writes about this with reference to USAID representatives.
The article says that a 33-year-old employee of Hani Jnen was killed in Gaza in early November along with his wife and two children as a result of Israeli air strikes.
It is noted that hundreds of humanitarian workers and social workers were killed in total.
The publication writes that this fact "infuriated" USAID officials, they want the White House to increase pressure on Israel.
Earlier it became known that an employee of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs was killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of an Israeli strike.