The Israeli prime minister chastised Joe Biden, saying he had made it “supremely clear” to the US president that he planned to strike the southern Gaza Strip, where he believes Hamas’s remaining battalions are hiding.
However, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that during his next trip to the Middle East, he intends to broker a ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages in Gaza.
Although Qatari officials expressed cautious optimism following Mr. Netanyahu’s intelligence head David Barnea’s attendance at discussions in Doha aimed at achieving a truce, they stressed that any ground attack would derail negotiations.
According to a UN-backed report, about half of the people living in northern Gaza are facing “catastrophic hunger,” and “famine is imminent.”
