The US president was responding to a heckler on Wednesday at a campaign event, saying he thinks that there should be a humanitarian ‘pause’ in the war to get ‘prisoners’ – referring to hostages held by Hamas – out of Gaza.
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden, when responding to a heckler at a Minnesota campaign event Wednesday night, said he thinks there should be a humanitarian "pause" in the Israeli-Hamas war to get "prisoners" out of Gaza.
"As a rabbi, I need you to call for a ceasefire right now," she said, referring to the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas. Asked about his remarks, the White House later clarified that by "prisoners" the president was referring to hostages held by Hamas. "I'm the guy that convinced Bibi to call for a ceasefire to let the prisoners out. I'm the guy that talked to Sisi to convince him to open the door" along Gaza's border with Egypt to allow freed hostages to leave.
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