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Calling what has happened today a massacre, will the white house be reaching out? >> i don't have an answer to you on that. i'll get back to you. >> followup, then. >> sure. >> jared kushner in his speech pointed finger to palestinians saying they were responsible to provoke violence. given that only palestinians are being killed, should israel not shoulder some of the blame? >> well, as i said earlier, we believe hamas bears the responsibility. this is a propaganda attempt. the israeli government spent weeks trying to handle this without violence. >> they are throwing rocks 15 meters from the...

Will, given the high numbers of casualties, palestinians calling what's happened today a massacre, will the white house be reaching out? >> well, i don't honestly have an answer for you on that. i'll get back to you. >> can i just follow up then? >> sure. >> i mean jared kushner has pointed the finger at the palestinians saying they were responsible for invoking violence. but given the fact that it's only palestinians that are being killed, should israel not shoulder some of the blame? >> well, as i said earlier, we believe hamas bears the responsibility. this is a propaganda attempt. this is ...

Strip. instead saying it is a propaganda attempt. you asked if the white house's policy was for israel to kill it. >> this was part of the conversation with raj shaw. i thought it was strike region just hours after the president's only public comments, at least by twitter, were congratulations oen this great day for the people of israel that this white house hasn't said anything in terms of sympathy for the palestinian people. now dozens, 51-plus, by some measure, already killed on this day. in fact, the white house's public statements now indicate that they believe this is exclusively to be b...

You very much. nbc news has correspondents in israel and on the gaza strip. ayman muhyeldin just us from jerusalem and matt bradley is in gaza. ayman, react to raj shaw just now saying that this is all hamas' fault and this is just a gruesome propaganda attempt. and what are we hearing in the background? is that matt bradley? is that shelling? >> no, katy. you are actually hearing that from here in jerusalem. there is actually fireworks going on behind me. >> fireworks. >> fireworks going off behind me towards the old city, a real indication of the festive atmosphere that israel has been exp...