The US government has asked Israel for clarification following a deadly attack over the weekend by the Israeli military on a hospital compound in the Gaza Strip. “Yes, I’ve seen some of those images, and they’re ghastly,” John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House, said at a briefing on Tuesday. Kirby called the images “deeply troubling” and said the US administration has “asked the Israelis urgently over the weekend for more details about those operations specifically.” His comment came after a reporter had asked if Kirby had seen an image of a man hooked up to…