U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to attendees while commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library on July 29, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP)
U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that he was concerned about soaring tensions in the Middle East and had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to quickly reach a Gaza cease-fire deal.
"I'm very concerned about it," Biden told reporters as he met freed U.S. prisoners returning from Russia, adding that the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran had "not helped" the situation.
U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that he was concerned about soaring tensions in the Middle East and had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to quickly reach a Gaza cease-fire deal.
"I'm very concerned about it," Biden told reporters as he met freed U.S. prisoners returning from Russia, adding that the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran had "not helped" the situation.