Kirby blasts Israeli finance minister as ‘dead wrong,’ after comments undercutting ceasefire proposalKirby blasts Israeli finance minister as ‘dead wrong,’ after comments undercutting ceasefire proposal 

John Kirby, the spokesman for the US National Security Council, issued a stark rebuke Friday of the Israeli finance minister over comments undercutting a ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas, calling Bezalel Smotrich’s comments “dead wrong.”