By CHRIS MEGERIAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by the current Israeli strikes in Syria and on a Catholic church in Gaza, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Monday.
Her feedback have been a uncommon suggestion of daylight between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’ve usually been aligned on politics and international coverage, notably with the current assaults on Iran’s nuclear program.
Nonetheless, Trump is pushing for an finish to the conflict in Gaza and attempting to assist the brand new Syrian authorities because the nation emerges from years of civil conflict, and Israeli navy operations have threatened to complicate these initiatives.
An Israeli assault final week hit the Gaza Strip’s solely Catholic church, killing three folks and stirring outrage. As well as, Israel intervened in the course of the newest outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria, even bombing the capital, Damascus.
Leavitt instructed reporters that Trump has “an excellent working relationship” with Netanyahu however “he was caught off guard by the bombing in Syria and in addition the bombing of a Catholic church in Gaza.”
“In each accounts, the president rapidly referred to as the prime minister to rectify these conditions,” Leavitt stated.
Trump’s particular envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, instructed The Related Press that Israel’s intervention in Syria “creates one other very complicated chapter” and “got here at a really dangerous time.”
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