Somali Magazine October 18, 2023-The US president is “outraged and deeply saddened” by a “explosion” at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, as well as “the terrible loss of life that resulted.”
Biden did not assign blame for the fatal incident in a one-paragraph statement released by the White House.
“Immediately upon hearing this news, I spoke with King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and have directed my national security team to continue gathering information about what exactly happened,” he told reporters.
“The United States stands unequivocally for the protection of civilian life during conflict and we mourn the patients, medical staff and other innocents killed or wounded in this tragedy.”