Biden Tells Netanyahu to Accept Truce in ‘Very Direct’ Call
- Leaders spoke Thursday as US frustrations over Gaza war grow
- Israel is preparing for retaliation from Iran and Hezbollah
Displaced Palestinians leave the southern neighborhoods following Israeli military orders to evacuate parts of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on July 27.
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US President Joe Biden told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a cease-fire with Hamas as the White House’s frustrations over the continuation of the war in Gaza grow.
The two leaders, whose relationship has been strained by the conflict, spoke Thursday. While Biden pledged to support Israel against renewed threats from Iran and allied militias such as Hezbollah, he said he was “very direct” with Netanyahu, with the regional fallout from the war, now almost 10 months’ old, worsening.