White House will "reserve judgment" on IDF report until it can go through findings, US official says

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, on April 4. Evan Vucci/AP

The White House will “reserve judgment” on Israel’s investigation into the strike that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza until it works through the report, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Friday.

“We’re going to work our way through that investigation ourselves and take a look and see what we think of their findings and their conclusions before we make any kind of judgment going forward,” Kirby told NBC. “We’ll reserve judgment until we have a chance to go through those findings.”

Israel dismissed two military officers as a just-released internal report finds "mistaken identification" and "errors in decision-making" led to the deadly attack on World Central Kitchen staff in Gaza on Monday.

President Joe Biden also “urged” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their Thursday phone call to attend hostage deal negotiations in Cairo this weekend. The US will participate in those “conversations” in Cairo, Kirby told ABC.

“Nothing’s changed about the president’s desire – an immediate ceasefire in exchange for getting those hostages out and for getting all that extra aid in. that’s what negotiators are meeting this weekend to talk about in Cairo,” Kirby said