Biden hopes for a truce in Gaza before Ramadan and an Israeli call to pressure Netanyahu's government. US President Joe Biden said yesterday evening, Friday, that he hopes to reach a ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel by the month of Ramadan.

An Israeli official called on the families of the prisoners to intensify pressure on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude a prisoner exchange deal. 28 Democratic members of the US House of Representatives sent a letter to President Biden supporting a temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.