In his phone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Joe Biden "stressed that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians, and urged the prime minister to empower his negotiators to conclude without delay an agreement to bring home the hostages" in the Gaza Strip. This was announced by the White House.
In his phone call to Netanyahu, Biden also "made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address harm to civilians, humanitarian suffering and the safety of humanitarian workers" and that "state policy United over Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel's immediate action on these steps." The American president also underlined that in Gaza "the attacks against humanitarian workers and the general humanitarian situation are unacceptable".
In their phone call, Biden and Netanyahu "also discussed Iranian public threats against Israel and the Israeli people" and the
US president "made clear that the United States strongly supports Israel in the face of such threats".
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