Trump ‘caught off guard’ by recent Israeli strikes, White House says
SYRIA AND GAZA, JUL 21 – Trump expressed concern over Israeli airstrikes impacting peace efforts and civilian sites, including a Catholic church in Gaza, with over 1,000 Gaza residents killed seeking aid, officials said.
- President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by Israeli strikes in Syria and on a Catholic church in Gaza, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
- Trump seeks to end the war in Gaza and support the new Syrian government, but Israeli strikes complicate these goals.
- Trump is advocating for peace in Gaza and supporting the new Syrian government, but Israeli actions complicate his efforts.
- Tom Barrack, Trump's special envoy to Syria, stated that Israel’s actions create another very confusing chapter at a very bad time.
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Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump said he was “surprised” by recent Israeli attacks on Syria and a Catholic temple in Gaza, and spoke about them with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt said yesterday.
Trump was ‘caught off guard’ by Israeli strikes in Syria and on church in Gaza, White House says
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by recent Israeli actions in Syria and Gaza, noting that he had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to air his concerns. Leavitt made the comments after being asked if the president had “expressed his frustration” with Netanyahu directly over the fatal attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church, the only Catholic church in G…
"The President has a good working relationship with Prime Minister Netanyahu and he is in frequent contact with him," said Karoline Leavitt.
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Donald Trump was caught off guard last week by Israeli actions in Gaza and Syria, and in both cases called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “rectify” the matter, according to the White House. This underscores what sources say is an increasingly tense dynamic between the two leaders. An attack last Thursday on Gaza’s only Catholic church drew an immediate backlash from Trump, who called Netanyahu to express his …
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Donald Trump was caught off guard last week by Israeli actions in Gaza and Syria, and in both cases called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “rectify” the matter, according to the White House. This underscores what sources say is an increasingly tense dynamic between the two leaders. An attack last Thursday on Gaza’s only Catholic church drew an immediate backlash from Trump, who called Netanyahu to express his …
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