June 24 (EUROPA PRESS) –
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Monday condemned the use of a wounded Palestinian as a human shield by tying him to the hood of an Israeli military vehicle in the West Bank following the release of a “shocking” video of what happened.
“This practice is absolutely unacceptable. Human beings should never be used as human shields. The Israel Defense Forces should quickly investigate what happened and ensure accountability,” Miller said at a press conference.
Miller highlighted that the Israeli Armed Forces themselves have commented on what happened and have highlighted that it violates military protocol. They have also announced an investigation.
Separately, Miller has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was wrong to advocate Sunday for a partial ceasefire as part of a possible deal for the release of hostages held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
“I think that all of us who speak in public sometimes make mistakes and when we do we have the obligation to come forward and clarify it and we are happy that that is what he has done,” he indicated.
Yesterday Netanyahu in the first interview given since October 7 said he was “willing to a partial agreement (…) that would return some” of the kidnapped but would still be “obliged to continue with the offensive after a pause to achieve our goal of destroying Hamas.
However, the Israeli proposal outlined by US President Joe Biden on May 31 and whose full content has not been published, includes the release of hostages in a first phase in exchange for a provisional ceasefire that could become definitive in negotiations. later.
The initiative includes a provisional ceasefire in a first phase that in the second would lead to “a sustainable calm with the permanent cessation of military operations and hostilities.”
Add Comment