Biden's comments were some of his strongest criticisms yet of Netanyahu amid growing tensions over the civilian death toll from Israel's war on Hamas and dire conditions inside Gaza.
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Gaza policy was a"mistake" and urged Israel to call for a ceasefire in an interview aired Tuesday.
Biden reiterated that an Israeli drone attack last week that killed seven aid workers from a US-based charity in Gaza - and sparked a tense phone call with Netanyahu - was"outrageous." Biden also stepped up pressure on Israel to let more aid into devastated Gaza, saying he had spoken with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt and they were"prepared to move this food in."
But it was not until his tense call with Netanyahu last week that he finally warned that the United States would be forced to change policy if Israel did not change its own practices on Gaza. But relations remain tense as Netanyahu has insisted that he has set a date for a major offensive on Rafah on the Egyptian border that Washington strongly opposes.
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