Following a phone call between the leaders, the White House said that Biden “expected a significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire.”

A woman and child take cover as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza strip in the city of Ashkelon, southern Israel, on May 19, 2021.(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he expects Israel to move towards a ceasefire with Hamas on Wednesday, but Netanyahu said Operation Guardian of the Walls will continue until Israeli citizens are secure.Following a phone call between the leaders, the White house said that Biden “expected a significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire.”

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