US President Joe Biden has said that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is listening to his concerns about his handling of the situation in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“I think he’s listening to me,” Biden said in an interview with ABC News. “They were going to go into Russia — into Rafah — full bore, invade all of Rafah, go into the city, take it out, move, move with full force. They haven’t done that. And what they’ve done is they’ve agreed to a significant agreement.”

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Updated 01 Aug, 2026

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