US man who says IDF kidnapped his mother calls on Biden to take action

New Orleans man asks White House to follow through on Biden’s promise to respond ‘if you harm an American’ in mother’s case

A New Orleans-area man who has reported that Israeli troops kidnapped his mother – a US citizen – from a family home on the occupied West Bank Palestinian territory is asking the Joe Biden’s White House to follow through on the president’s recent promise to respond “if you harm an American”.

Ibrahim Hamed said he realizes that Biden’s remarks on Friday – “if you harm an American, we will respond” – came after the United States and Britain attacked Houthi targets in Yemen in retaliation for a drone strike that killed three US army troops. But he said the sentiment should apply as well even in the case of a Palestinian American who has been taken by Israeli troops.