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Brushoff for Carter Over Plans for Hamas Meeting
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Carter's delegation released a statement saying it had "inquired with both the lead agent of the Secret Service detail and the State Department Regional Security Officer and were told unequivocally that an official request for assistance had been made."
Carter on Monday visited Sderot, the southern Israeli town that has borne the brunt of rocket attacks from Gaza. "I think it's a despicable crime for any deliberate effort to be made to kill innocent civilians, and my hope is there will be a cease-fire soon," he said.
He later visited a hospital where many of those injured by the rockets have been treated and met with Gazan children who have been allowed out of the strip for medical care.
Sderot resident Batya Kattar said she came to see Carter to ask him why he is "always defending the Palestinians." But after talking with him, she said she was hopeful about his upcoming meeting with Hamas.
"Maybe this dialogue can lead to quiet, and perhaps in the future even lead to peace," she said.
Special correspondent Samuel Sockol contributed to this report.
