National security spokesperson John Kirby reiterates ‘ironclad’ support for Israel but ‘mourns’ civilian deathsMiddle East crisis live – follow updatesThe 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. Continue reading...