Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) is blaming Hamas for the deaths of humanitarian aid workers in Gaza, who died in an Israeli strike, instead of Israel.
On Monday, seven aid workers from Chef Jose Andres’s World Central Kitchen were killed in an airstrike by the Israel Defense Forces. Following the deaths, the World Central Kitchen paused operations in the area and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the situation a “tragic case.”
Van Orden, who spoke to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday from Israel, defended the Jewish state, arguing that war is not a “precise science” and that people who “you do not intend to get killed” will die.
“In no way, shape, or form did Israel target those relief workers,” Van Orden said. “But, everybody needs to remember
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