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United States President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call Thursday evening widely expected to be difficult, with the president fuming over the Israeli attack that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, US media reported.
The two leaders began speaking around 7 p.m. and talked for some 45 minutes.
The White House has described Biden, who has a close personal relationship with WCK founder Jose Andres, as heartbroken by the attack. Israel has called the incident a “grave mistake” and vowed an in-depth investigation into how it occurred. But Netanyahu also said that “these things happen in war.”
“Biden is pissed. The temperature regarding Bibi is very high,” a US official told the Axios news site before the call, using Netanyahu’s nickname. A second official confirmed the tense atmosphere.
Another official told the site that Biden’s call to Andres after the strike was a “difficult moment” for the president.
