Harris 'will not be silent' on Gaza suffering after 'frank' talks with Netanyahu
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Israel i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a meeting in the Vice President’s ceremonial office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on 25 July 2024.
Ripping up outgoing President Joe Biden's playbook of mostly behind-the-scenes pressure on Israel, the vice president said after meeting Netanyahu that it was time to end the"devastating" war. The 59-year-old - now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee after Biden said over the weekend he would not stand in November's election - said she pressed Netanyahu on the dire situation in the "frank" meeting.
The White House meetings come a day after the Israeli premier gave a fiery speech to the US Congress in which he vowed"total victory" against Hamas.Biden and Netanyahu later met the families of US hostages held in Gaza, who said they hoped for a possible new ceasefire proposal in the coming days. While Biden has kept military aid flowing to Israel since Hamas's 7 October attacks, relations with Netanyahu have been deeply strained by Israel's conduct during the war and suspicions that he may be stalling on a deal.The Hamas attack on 7 October resulted in the deaths of 1 197 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
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