Biden supports cease-fire

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KHALIL HAMRA, ASSOCIATED PRESS A Palestinian firefighter extinguishes a fire from a beachside cafe after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike Monday in Gaza City.

Biden supports cease-fire More than 200 dead in have killed more and others for an fend itself against indiscriminate latest Mideast fighting, than 200 people, immediate halt rocket attacks." most of them by both sides.

But Netanyahu told Israeli secu- Palestinian. mostly Palestinians Biden's care- the readout of rity officials late Monday that the call showed Israel would "continue to strike fully worded ASSOCIATED PRESS increased White terror targets" in Gaza "as long statement, in House concern As the Israeli military un- as necessary in order to return a White House leashed another heavy wave of readout of his Netanyahu about the bomb- calm and security to all Israeli Biden airstrikes Monday on the Gaza second known ing - including citizens." Israeli airstrikes As the worst Israeli-Palestin- Strip, President Joe Biden ex- pressed support for a cease-fire call to Netanyahu in three days aimed at weakening Hamas - ian fighting since 2014 raged, the between Israel and Gaza's mil- as the attacks pounded on, came with the administration under while sticking to forcetul support Biden administration had limited for Israel. itant Hamas rulers in a call to its public criticisms to Hamas pressure to respond more force- The U.S. leader "encouraged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin fully.

Israel to make every effort to en- and has declined to send a top- level envoy to the region. It also Netanyahu. Biden's comments on a cease- But Biden stopped short of fire were open-ended, according sure the protection of innocent had declined to press Israel pub- civilians," the White House said. demanding an immediate stopto to the White House.

That's in But that was in the statement only licly and directly to wind down the eight days of Israeli airstrikes contrast to demands from doz- after it said he renewed "his firm its latest military operation in the and Hamas rocket barrages that ens of Democratic lawmakers support for Israel's right to de- Please see MIDEAST, Page A2

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"Biden supports cease-fire," Daily Citizen, 18 May 2021. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2021-011. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2021-011