US was not given notice of Israeli strike that killed Nasrallah, top Biden aide says
by Edward Helmore in New York from on (#6R3EN)
National security spokesperson John Kirby reiterates ironclad' support for Israel but mourns' civilian deaths
The White House said on Sunday it had not been warned in advance of the airstrike that killed Hezbollah's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a Beirut suburb and assumed it had caused civilian casualties, while reaffirming its ironclad" support to Israel.
John Kirby, the national security spokesperson, said the US had not been informed of the airstrike, and that the president, Joe Biden, only found out about it once Israeli planes were already in the air.
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