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US President Joe Biden Calls For Ceasefire – Israel Violence

Dozens of airstrikes hit Gaza on Tuesday when US President Joe Biden expressed support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on phone.

At least 218 Palestinians, including 63 children, have been killed in Gaza since the attack began. About 1,500 Palestinians were injured. In Israel, 12 people died, and at least 300 were injured, including two children. Since the outbreak of violence on May 10, Biden has held a third telephone conversation with Netanyahu, expressing his support for the ceasefire. However, the President of the United States has stopped demanding an end to the violence.

After the videoconference from the EU’s Foreign Minister, the EU’s Foreign Policy Director, Josep Borrell, called for a suspension, adding that it was endorsed by all the bloc’s member states except Hungary.

Meanwhile, on the west bank of the occupied Jordan River, Israeli forces killed four Palestinian protesters during the demonstrations.

At least 61 Palestinian children have died in Israeli attacks against Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombing on May 10. And it was. Two Israeli children also died.

US Congressman Ilhan Omar said that US President Joe Biden’s delay in expressing his support for the war “caused the massacre of children and the destruction of lives”.

 

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A tweet came after Biden told Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone that he supported the ceasefire. Biden also “welcomed efforts to combat interregional violence and calm Jerusalem” and “encouraged Israel to make every effort to ensure the protection of innocent civilians”.

Israel was criticized for the death toll of civilians during the airstrikes.

Still, Biden “repeated his firm support for Israel’s right to protect itself from indiscriminate rocket attacks,” Read said.

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