United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Friday that his government is "carefully" reviewing the latest investigation revealed by Israel on the death of the World Central Kitchen workers and what are steps taken by the Middle Eastern country to "achieve better deconfliction, better coordination so that aid workers are protected."
In comments before leaving Belgium, he stressed that Washington "will be discussing its conclusions with Israeli officials and with humanitarian organizations in the days to come," emphasizing that it is urgent secure conditions to avoid "that something like this can never happen again."
Earlier during the day, he reiterated that the US expects to see "an independent, thorough and fully publicized investigation ... and accountability," coming from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration.
