US President Joe Biden has said that Israel has to take care to “minimise civilian deaths” as the death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza approaches 20,000 since October 7, Al Jazeera reports.

However, Biden also emphasised what he called Israel’s “burden” in fighting Hamas, “a military enemy that says they have one goal… the elimination — using terror — of the entire state of Israel”.

He also said that the US was discussing with Israel and Arab states the future formation of a Palestinian state “with Israel’s security guaranteed”.

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