President Biden held an emergency phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to urge Israel to work to protect civilian lives as it responded to violent Hamas attacks earlier this month.
Biden said Israel has the right to defend itself — but it must do so “in a manner consistent with international humanitarian law that prioritizes the protection of civilians,” according to a White House summary of the exchange.
The two men also discussed how they could track down and free the roughly 200 hostages seized by Hamas during the Oct. 7 raid, as well as the need to “immediately and significantly” increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the embattled Gaza Strip, Biden said. administration said.
“The president welcomed the first two humanitarian aid convoys since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack, which crossed the border into Gaza and are being distributed to Palestinians in need,” according to Politico.
“The leaders stressed that there will now be a continuous flow of this critical aid to Gaza,” the website said, citing the reading.
The convoy arrived in Gaza this weekend, Politico said.
President Biden held an emergency phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.AP/Carolyn Kaster Biden urged Israel to protect civilian lives as it responded to violent Hamas attacks earlier this month.AFP via Getty Images
Another fleet of 15 trucks is expected to cross into the war-torn region Sunday night, US Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues David Satterfield said on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Sunday.
Israel’s counteroffensive – launched by the country after gunmen from Hamas crossed the Israeli border on October 7, kidnapping and slaughtering civilians as they went – has had a devastating effect on the 2.3 million people living in the Gaza Strip.
The ongoing blockade has also pushed Palestinians to the brink of starvation, Cindy McCain, executive director of the UN’s World Food Program, told Politico.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel.ABIR SULTAN/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
There is worldwide pressure for a ceasefire in the conflict.
In the violence that ensued, more than 1,400 Israelis were killed and 5,000 injured.
Palestinians have reported far worse casualty rates: 8,000 killed and more than 22,000 wounded.
More than 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced – more than half the population of the tiny strip on the edge of the Mediterranean – in a war started by local terrorist groups.
With Postal wire
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