President Biden meets Israeli PM Netanyahu to discuss Gaza cease-fire | VOA News #shorts

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U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for talks aimed at securing a longer cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages held there since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.

The two met in the Oval Office, a day after both leaders gave consequential speeches: Netanyahu spoke Wednesday before the U.S. Congress, where he defiantly defended his country's war against Hamas. And Biden delivered a sober, reflective Oval Office address in which he laid out the thinking behind his stunning Sunday decision to withdraw from the presidential race and throw his support behind his vice president.

Both men were blunt and brief in their remarks before their private meeting. A day earlier, a senior administration official told reporters that the two were working out details of a cease-fire and hostage-release deal, "which we believe is in the closing stages."

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