White House ‘aggressively investigating’ after two US teenagers killed in West Bank

White House ‘aggressively investigating’ after two US teens killed in West BankSource Reuters

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00:00 Thank you.

00:01 Thank you, Jake.

00:02 I have two questions on the Middle East.

00:06 In Gaza in recent weeks, there have been two 17-year-old U.S. citizens killed by Israeli

00:14 Defense Forces, and there are at least three more U.S. citizens who have been detained

00:20 in the West Bank by Israeli forces.

00:25 What's the Biden administration doing to protect American citizens in Gaza and the West Bank

00:32 right now?

00:33 And then I have a follow-up.

00:34 So, first, on that, in these cases, when we see reports like this or we get outreach from

00:39 families, we engage with the Israeli government on it.

00:42 There are investigations pending in the cases that you described, and we'll continue to

00:46 work that aggressively.

00:48 And we have made clear from the start that the United States is focused on the welfare

00:52 and well-being of American citizens wherever they are, whether it's in the West Bank or

00:56 Gaza or Israel or any other country in the region or, indeed, in the world.

01:00 That remains the commitment of the president, and that's what he will continue to do.

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