by Willis Robinson and Nick Allen at Daily Mail
- Republicans slammed ‘gross incompetence’ by the White House
- The picture was on the White House Instagram page for hours
- The White House eventually deleted it and apologized
The White House has been forced to delete a photo of President Joe Biden meeting U.S. special forces in Israel – which showed their faces and could have revealed their identities.
It was already known that a small group of U.S. special forces are in Israel advising on how to potentially rescue scores of hostages, including Americans, held by terror group Hamas in Gaza.
The image of Biden shaking hands with them during his visit to Israel on Wednesday was published on the official White House Instagram page for hours and garnered thousands of likes and comments.
It appeared to violate Department of Defense rules by revealing the men’s faces, which are usually blurred in any officially released photographs…