 "Want immediate Gaza de-escalation: Joe Biden to Benjamin Netanyahu")
President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to wind down fighting with Hamas in the Gaza Strip that’s killed scores of civilians, a White House spokeswoman said.
“The president conveyed to the prime minister that he expected a significant de-escalation today on the path to a cease-fire,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One.
It was Biden’s fourth call with Netanyahu since hostilities broke out between Israel and Hamas last week. The president has come under pressure from Democratic congressional allies to push Israel toward a cease-fire in the conflict. Israel said on Wednesday
