Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden said on Monday that any discussions about a Gaza ceasefire could only take place if Hamas frees all hostages seized from Israel in its October 7 attack.

Israel hit back with a blistering bombing campaign which Gaza's Hamas-run health authority says has now killed more than 5,000 people.

Biden also touched on a call he had with Pope Francis on Sunday about the Israel-Hamas conflict and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

"The pope and I are on the same page, he was very very, very interested in what we were doing," Biden said.

Biden said he had "laid out to him what the game plan was" regarding US support for Israel.

"The pope was across the board supportive," he added.




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Israel isn't playing.

NOW - Israel calls for the "total destruction" of Hamas at the UN.

In addition, Israeli foreign minister cancels his meeting with the UN secretary general planned for later today in New York in protest of Guterres' claim that Hamas' October 7th attack "didn't take place in a vacuum."

Israel's ambassador to the UN calls on the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres to resign over his comments that Hamas's attacks did not happen in a vacuum.

If the pope is on the same page with Israel then the Palestinians need to cry Allah Akbar more.
Wail more cry more

Fair enough 🤔