Outside White House, Chile’s president accuses Israel of ‘violating humanitarian international law’

WASHINGTON — Chilean President Gabriel Boric says from outside the White House that the response from Israel has been “disproportionate and it is violating humanitarian international law.”

Boric’s administration recalled its ambassador to Israel earlier this week amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Boric was meeting with Biden in the Oval Office during his trip to the US for the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Leaders’ Summit. The presidents did not speak about the conflict publicly during their remarks.

But after, Boric comes outside and speaks in Spanish.

“What is happening in the Gaza Strip is simply unacceptable,” he says. “I want to be very clear: As president of Chile and my country, I have no hesitation in energetically and categorically condemning the terrorist attacks by Hamas. And we demand the liberation of all the hostages.”