Israel’s war on Gaza live: Biden presses Israel for ‘immediate ceasefire’

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By Lyndal Rowlands

    US President Joe Biden tells Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to “empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay”.

    Hamas official Osama Hamadan earlier told a news briefing negotiations were “stuck in a vicious circle” with Israel refusing requests to withdraw troops, allow aid, and for Palestinians to return to the northern Gaza Strip.

    101 Palestinians return to the Gaza Strip from Israeli prisons, with some having suffered fractures and other injuries, according to a medical source.

    At least 33,037 Palestinians have been killed and 75,668 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139, with dozens still held captive.

    Trump says Israel has to ‘finish what they started’ in Gaza

    Former United States President Donald Trump has warned that Israel is “losing the PR war” in Gaza because of the flood of distressing images coming out of the enclave.

    “They’re losing the PR war. They’re losing it big,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, apparently referring to Israel’s public relations strategy in its war on Gaza.

    “But they’ve got to finish what they started, and they’ve got to finish it fast, and we have to get on with life,” he said.

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