Backstage of the conversation between Donald Trump and Binjamin Netanyahu. “He shouted at him”
The leaders talked by phone on June 28. The day before, after increasingly numerous hunger reports in the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu publicly stated that “There is no hunger in the Gaza Zone.”
Trump, asked by journalists for a comment, replied that There is “real hunger” on Palestinian territory, which “cannot be pretended”.
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The Israeli prime minister then asked for a connection with Trump. When he began to convince him that the evidence of hunger in the Gaza Strip was fabricated by Palestinian Hamas, The US president interrupted him and began to shout at him, Saying that he did not want to hear about it, and his advisers showed him evidence of hunger prevailing among children – NBC reported.
The station referred to four sources familiar with the course of the conversation. The White House and the office of Netanyahu refused to comment.
One of the NBC informants said that the conversation had a “direct and rather one -sided character”, mainly concerned the supply of humanitarian aid, and Trump spoke above all.
“The US not only believe that the situation is tragic, but that they are responsible for it by the GHF Foundation” – noted the station interlocutor, referring to the organization supported by the USA and Israel, which from the end of May took over the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.
GHF's activity is widely criticized. In the vicinity of food issuing points Shooting occurs regularly. According to the UN, in recent months over a thousand Palestinians were killed while seeking help. GHF is also accused of politicization and militarization of humanitarian actions and too small scale of activities in relation to the needs.
In Friday NBC material, it was added that the analysis of satellite photos shows that Israelis gather units and military equipment near the border with the Gaza Strip, Probably to support the approved from Thursday to Friday the extension of the offensive.
The world outraged by Israel's plans
The Israeli government has adopted a plan to occupy the largest city in this territory, located in the north of Gaza. The media speculated earlier that Netanyahu sought to occupy and occupies the entire territory of the Gaza Strip.
Announcements of the new campaign They met with criticism in the worldin which the tragic effects of the war for Palestinian civilians were emphasized. The plan was also criticized in Israel, mainly because of the threat to hostages imprisoned by Hamas.
The war in the Gaza Strip has been going on from October 7, 2023, when Hamas, the rulers of this territory, attacked the south of Israel, killing about 1,200 people. Since then, over 61,000 have died in Israeli retaliation. Palestinians.
In the war -ruined zone, Gaza is prevailing deepening humanitarian crisis. According to local authorities, 197 people have died of hunger, including 96 children.
American journalist Bob Woodward in the book “War” published in 2024 described the backstage of the relationship between the previous US president Joe Biden and Netanyahu. Trump's predecessor was to be frustrated by the activities of the Israeli prime minister, accuse him of lies, bad intentions and lack of strategy in the war in the Gaza Strip, as well Shout at him during phone calls.
