biden's statement: shocked and angry

2024-09-02

according to foreign media reports, this saturday, the israeli army found the bodies of six detained people, including an american citizen, in an underground tunnel in rafah, gaza strip. in response, biden issued a statement saying that he was "shocked and angry" about the incident.

on september 1, local time, the israeli defense forces said that the bodies of six detainees, including a person with dual israeli and american citizenship, were found in a tunnel in rafah in the southern gaza strip. the israeli military said that the detainees may have been killed by palestinian islamic resistance movement (hamas) militants within a day or two before they were found.

the idf also said there were no clashes with hamas militants in the tunnel and that the militants who may have killed the six people had fled.

hamas has not yet responded to this.

on august 31st local time, biden issued a statement through the white house, confirming that the israeli army found the bodies of six detained persons in the underground tunnel of rafah, including an american citizen hersh goldberg-pollin.

biden said, "i am shocked and angry." he mentioned,goldberg-pollin just turned 23, said, "i share the deep sorrow of his parents, which cannot be expressed in words," and said he was heartbroken by the news of his death.

"this is both tragic and reprehensible. there is no doubt that the leaders of hamas will pay the price for these crimes." biden said they will continue to work towards an agreement tomake surethe remaining detainees were released.

as of now, 97 of the 251 hostages kidnapped on october 7 last year are still in the gaza strip, of whom at least 33 have been confirmed dead by the israel defense forces.

source | comprehensive cctv news client

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