Netanyahu agrees to Biden's request to send a delegation to Washington to prevent an all-out attack on Rafah. Approximately 1.5 million people are sheltered in Rafah, most of them displaced by relentless Israeli retaliation in Gaza following the Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7.
Biden also "reiterated the need for an immediate ceasefire as part of an agreement to release the hostages, lasting several weeks," in order to "bring them home and increase aid to civilians in Gaza"