{"id":2213094,"date":"2024-04-04T14:41:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tells-netanyahu-to-take-concrete-steps-to-address-civilian-casualties-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T14:41:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:41:38","slug":"biden-tells-netanyahu-to-take-concrete-steps-to-address-civilian-casualties-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tells-netanyahu-to-take-concrete-steps-to-address-civilian-casualties-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden urges Netanyahu to act decisively on Gaza civilian casualties"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-tells-netanyahu-to-take-concrete-steps-to-address-civilian-casualties-in-gaza%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2213094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden\u200d called on Israeli\u200d Prime Minister \u200bBenjamin\u2063 Netanyahu to immediately establish a ceasefire\u2064 and take\u200d tangible\u2064 actions to reduce civilian \u2063casualties following the bombing of\u2063 a humanitarian convoy\u2063 by the Israel Defense Forces. This demand came after \u2063the destruction of World Central Kitchen \u200dvehicles in Gaza, resulting in casualties among aid workers. \u200cBiden expressed the necessity for Israel to implement specific measures to\u200b address civilian harm and \u200bhumanitarian\u200c concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> demanded that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> accept an \u201cimmediate ceasefire\u201d in a Thursday phone call urging the Israeli prime minister to take \u201cspecific, concrete, and measurable steps\u201d to curb civilian casualties after the Israel Defense Forces bombed a humanitarian convoy.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s call marks the first time the two leaders have spoken since an IDF airstrike destroyed multiple, marked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2951488\/derrick-van-orden-blames-hamas-for-deaths-of-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>World Central Kitchen<\/a> vehicles Sunday night, killing at least seven aid workers, including one American citizen, in the process. Israel accepted responsibility for the strike but insists it was an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had previously told WCK founder Chef Jose Andres that the attack left him \u201cheartbroken\u201d and that he would press Israel to change its military operations in Gaza to limit civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. He made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>\u2018s readout of the call states. \u201cHe made clear that U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel\u2019s immediate action on these steps. He underscored that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians, and he urged the Prime Minister to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>National Security Council spokesman John Kirby declined to elaborate on what conditions Biden set for Israel should it not change its operating procedures regarding Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are looking to see and hope to see here in the coming hours and days is a dramatic increase in humanitarian assistance getting in, additional crossings opened up, and a reduction in the violence against civilians and certainly aid workers,\u201d he explained. \u201cIn the coming days, we will be looking for concrete, tangible steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t get ahead of what the Israelis will or won\u2019t announce,\u201d Kirby continued. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not just about the announcement of concrete steps and changes in their policies, but it\u2019s the execution of those announcements and those decisions and implementing them. And so, we obviously will watch closely and monitor how they do and on the commitments that they make. And as\u00a0I said earlier, if there\u2019s no changes to their policy in their approaches, then there\u2019s going to have to be changes to ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White House officials also said that Biden and Netanyahu discussed threats posed by Iran and the U.S. commitment to help Israel defend itself from those threats. The call reportedly lasted roughly half an hour.<\/p>\n<p>The president has been under increasing pressure as civilian casualties in Gaza continue to mount. Biden hosted Muslim American leaders at the White House on Tuesday for a closed-door discussion on the situation in Gaza, yet White House officials declined to say if they believed the discussion was a success on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a Thursday call, President Joe Biden urged Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to an &#8220;immediate ceasefire&#8221; and implement measurable steps to reduce civilian casualties. This call follows an incident where the Israel Defense Forces attacked a humanitarian convoy. 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