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Biden reportedly had a “tough call” with Netanyahu over fears of regional war – 2024-08-03 23:26:29

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US President Joe Biden has reportedly had a sensitive call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to warn him that Washington does not want a regional war in the Middle East, Axios reported, citing senior officials close to the White House.

Amid escalating tensions between Israel and the self-proclaimed Islamic Axis of Resistance, the Biden Administration The report said that the US had expressed its disagreement with the start of a large-scale conflict in this region of the world to the Israeli government, a crisis that would add to the one that has already existed in the Gaza Strip for months.

«President Biden privately demanded, on a tough callthat the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “stop escalating tensions in the region and move immediately toward a hostage agreement and a ceasefire in Gaza,” he said. Axiosbased on information leaked by the officials consulted.

According to the report, Washington was not pleased that Tel Aviv concealed its plans to assassinate the head of Hamas’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyáand the commander of Hezbollah, Fuad Shukr.
“Biden and his top aides are deeply frustrated by the aftermath of Israel’s killings in Beirut [Fuad Shukr] and Tehran [Ismaíl Haniyá]which took place less than a week after Netanyahu’s first visit to the Oval Office in four years,” the American media details.

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