An American aid worker was killed by Israel. What will President Biden do about it?

On Tuesday, World Central Kitchen made a grave announcement:Seven of their aid workers had been killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza.

The non-profit humanitarian aid organisation founded by celebrity chef José Andrés said their members, who were travelling in cars branded with the charity’s logo, were killed in an airstrike. One of those killed was an American-Canadian who has yet to be publicly named.

The IDF launched the airstrike despite the organization coordinating their movements with the military, World Central Kitchen said in a statement. Now, they are pulling out of Gaza entirely.

President Joe Biden spoke with Mr Andrés after the bombing, according to White House spokesperson Karinne Jean-Pierre. When pressed by reporters on Tuesday about how the United States might respond, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the US is waiting on the results of an investigation by Israeli officials into what they’ve called an “erroneous strike”.

Things got even more complicated when Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the fatal attack on the convoy consisted of three separate missile strikes. The Haaretz report said aid workers removed their wounded colleagues from the vehicle that was hit in the first missile strike and transferred them to two surviving vehicles. But as they attempted to then escape, subsequent strikes on the second and third vehicles killed all seven workers.

Mr Kirby was asked by The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg on Tuesday about why the White House would accept the Israeli explanation of a “mistake” if there were second and third missile hits that appeared to target survivors and only cease once everyone in the convoy was killed.

“The Prime Minister and the IDF have