Author: Lu Zi.
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza intensifies, and the United States faces widespread doubts from the world for protecting Israel, Biden said on March 1 local time that the United States will begin airdropping relief supplies to Gaza. However, a number of U.S. media noticed that when Biden announced the news, he made another mistake and said that Gaza was Ukraine.
At the beginning of a meeting with visiting Italian Prime Minister Meloni at the White House on Friday, Biden told reporters that the United States would do more, "in the coming days, together with our friends in Jordan and others, we will airdrop more food and supplies to Ukraine and seek to continue to open up other avenues into Ukraine, including the possibility of establishing a maritime corridor to deliver large amounts of humanitarian aid."
On March 1, local time, Biden met with Italian Prime Minister Meloni at the White House. Source: US media.
According to the New York Post, Biden's later words suggest that he was actually referring to Gaza. Without correcting the mistake, Biden continued: "The truth is that the aid that is now flowing to Gaza is far from enough. ”
About 30 minutes later, John Kirby, the White House coordinator for strategic communications, confirmed to reporters that Biden was "referring to Gaza" when he said "Ukraine."
On March 1, local time, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, relief supplies were airdropped over Gaza. Source: British media.
Biden's announcement comes as Gaza faces a serious humanitarian crisis. On February 29, local time, a food aid point in Gaza City was attacked by Israeli forces, and the health department of the Gaza Strip said that at least 112 people were killed and 760 injured in the attack. This tragedy once again shocked the world. The New York Times even shouted Biden in a column: "You should remember that the United States is complicit in the massive death and starvation of children and civilians in Gaza!" ”