Israel shouldn’t be compared to Russia, Biden admin says, as civilian deaths soar

“Israel is not deliberately trying to kill civilians,” NSC spokesperson John Kirby said.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre And National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby talk to reporters at the White House on Monday. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe Biden administration rebuked a comparison of Israel to Russia on Monday, as the civilian death toll in the Gaza Strip quickly approaches the number of Ukrainians killed by Moscow since that war began.

“The United States rightly called out Russia for its siege of Ukraine, rightly called out the attacks on the power infrastructure, the refusal to provide food and water and fuel to the Ukrainians,” Jayapal told NBC’s Meet the Press. “We have to recognize that our credibility and our authority on the moral stage is greatly diminished if we do not also call out this siege that Israel is launching on Gaza.

At first, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government entirely blocked humanitarian assistance like food, water and medical supplies from entering Gaza. Israel startedNational Security Council spokesperson John Kirby pushed back on Jayapal’s comparison, saying that Russia, unlike Israel, deliberately targets Ukrainian civilians as part of Moscow’s war strategy.

“We want to make sure they do it in a cautious, careful, deliberate way, but it is not a war aim of Israel to kill innocent civilians the way it is a war aim of Vladimir Putin to do that in Ukraine,” Kirby added.

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