Joe Biden calls Benjamin Netanyahu after weeks of radio silence. Biden and Netanyahu last spoke on the phone in mid-February.
After the massacre carried out by terrorists from Hamas and other Palestinian organizations in Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on October 7, the two politicians spoke to each other almost daily for a while. Washington's tone towards the Israeli leadership has sharpened significantly in recent weeks. Biden sharply criticized Israel's military actions in the Gaza war and, when asked, described a possible ground offensive in Rafah as a "red line"