US President Joe Biden will speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel’s military called for Palestinians to evacuate eastern Rafah ahead of an offensive, the White House has said.

“We have made our views clear on a major ground invasion of Rafah to the Israeli government, and the president will speak with the prime minister today,” a spokesman for the National Security Council told AFP.

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