In a phone conversation … Biden supports a ceasefire, and Netanyahu informs him of his determination to achieve “goal”

he White House said that US President Joe Biden expressed, in a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday evening, his support for the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians, at a time when Netanyahu said he was determined to “complete the goal.”

Biden affirmed what he called “Israel’s right to defend itself,” and his condemnation of what he described as the indiscriminate missile attacks by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Israeli towns, according to a White House statement. Read also The war on Gaza .. Chaitanya is looking for a fake victory50 years of absolute support for Israel … What do the Palestinians expect from Biden?

However, the statement added that the US President “expressed his support for the ceasefire and discussed the United States’ engagement with Egypt and other partners for this purpose.”

The White House stated that Biden encouraged Israel to “take all possible measures to ensure the protection of innocent civilians.”

The US President also expressed his “grave concern” about “violence among the population in Israel.”

Netanyahu’s plans

For its part, the official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that Netanyahu told Biden that he was “determined to complete the goal of the operation to restore security to the citizens of Israel.”

Al-Jazeera correspondent Elias Karam indicated that Israeli sources stated that Netanyahu wants two or 3 days before ending his campaign in order to achieve any military achievement that enables him to emerge victorious.

On the other hand, the US website Axios said that the Biden administration did not give Israel a deadline to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.

But the site quoted an Israeli official as saying that Washington’s general message in Biden and Netanyahu’s call is that it supports Israel but wants to end the operation in Gaza.

The official added that the Biden administration had made clear that its ability to curb international pressure on Israel over the Gaza operation had come to an end.