Fleischer's response was unexpectedly harsh. "I'm sorry to put it so bluntly, but who cares?" he said. "The Nobel Peace Prize has been useless for generations.
A furious Leavitt quickly responded to the social media post, claiming that the news outlet's reporting "is NOT true and taken out of context."
Trump, reportedly angered by the strike, forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize during a trilateral phone call Monday from the White House.
“If your Christian faith requires you to support a foreign government blowing up churches and killing Christians, you’ve lost the thread,”
Thousands of Israeli reservists have reported for duty, even as many protest Netanyahu’s refusal to embrace compromise.
Trump said he was not initially aware of the strikes but added: “I’m not happy about it. I don’t want to see it.”