LINE. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT GABE
GUTIERREZ HAS THE
STORY.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
WARNING ISRAEL THAT
WITHOUT IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT
CIVILIANS IN ITS WAR
AGAINST HAMAS, U.S.
POLICY TOWARDS ITS
STAUNCH ALLY WILL
CHANGE.
THE DIRECT MESSAGE
COMING DURING A PHONE
CALL BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT AND ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
>> THE PRESIDENT
EMPHASIZED THAT THE
STRIKES ON
HUMANITARIAN WORKERS
AND THE OVERALL
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
>> Reporter: THE
30-MINUTE CALL WAS THE
FIRST BETWEEN THE TWO
LEADERS IN NEARLY
THREE WEEKS, AND MARKS
A MUCH TOUGHER TONE
TOWARDS ISRAEL.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
THE PRESIDENT MADE
CLEAR THE NEED FOR
ISRAEL TO ANNOUNCE AND
IMPLEMENT A SERIES OF
SPECIFIC CONCRETE AND
MEASURABLE STEPS TO
ADDRESS CIVILIAN HARM,
HUMANITARIAN
SUFFERING, AND THE
SAFETY OF AID WORKERS.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
REPEATEDLY SAID ISRAEL
FACES A GENOCIDAL
THREAT FROM HAMAS,
JUST THIS WEEK SAYING
THERE WILL BE NO
CHANGE IN POLICY.
BUT TWO U.S. OFFICIALS
TELL NBC NEWS THE
PRESIDENT TODAY
STRONGLY IMPLIED HE
MAY CONDITION AMERICAN
MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL
ON WHETHER NETANYAHU
MAKES IMMEDIATE
CHANGES OVER
HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS
IN GAZA, INCLUDING
GETTING TO A
CEASEFIRE.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING
CHANGES MUST HAPPEN IN
DAYS OR EVEN HOURS.
DO YOU THINK THE PRIME
MINISTER IS REALLY
LISTENING?
>> I THINK IT WAS
EVIDENT IN THE PHONE
CALL TODAY.
IT WAS A GOOD
DISCUSSION.
DIRECT, NO QUESTION.
BUT A GOOD DISCUSSION.
>> Reporter: TODAY’S
CALL WAS ARRANGED IN
DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE
ISRAELI STRIKE THAT
KILLED SEVEN WORLD
CENTRAL KITCHEN
WORKERS, INCLUDING
33-YEAR-OLD JACOB
FLICKINGER, A DUAL
AMERICAN-CANADIAN
CITIZEN.
NBC’S RAF SANCHEZ
SPOKE WITH HIS
PARENTS.
>> WE’RE TWO PEOPLE
WHO SUFFERED --
WE’VE LOST OUR ONLY
SON.
BUT WE’RE ONLY TWO.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS THERE.
>> Reporter: ISRAEL
SAYS THE STRIKE WAS A
GRAVE MISTAKE AND WAS
LATE TODAY, THE U.S.
SAID ISRAEL AGREED TO
OPEN THREE NEW
HUMANITARIAN AID
CORRIDORS INTO A GAZA,
INCLUDING ONE THAT
WOULD ALLOW TRUCKS IN
FROM NEARBY JORDAN.
>> GABE, LET’S TURN
BACK TO THAT MILITARY
AID.
THE U.S. IS STILL
SUPPLYING ARMS TO
ISRAEL.
>> Reporter: YES,
LESTER.
JUST DAYS AGO, THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
SIGNED OFF ON SENDING
ISRAEL MORE THAN 1,800
BOMBS AND IS PRESSING
CONGRESS TO APPROVE
SELLING ISRAEL MORE
F-15 FIGHTER JETS.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
THAT WAS ALREADY IN