Kamala Harris has pressed the Biden administration to publicly speak out about the humanitarian tragedy continuing in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports citing the New York Times.

The New York Times report, quoting four sources familiar with Harris’s position, said she has been “forceful in urging the administration not to dismiss the anger from Palestinian Americans and others in the United States, who contend that Mr Biden has not done enough to prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza”.

According to the report, Harris has repeatedly told “Biden and senior White House officials that the administration must show more empathy for Palestinian civilians by speaking publicly about the high death toll in Gaza and the plight of survivors”.

Harris recently made multiple strong public statements that criticised Israel, in a significant shift in the US administration’s public position on Gaza.