'Time for this war to end': Biden says Israel offers new roadmap to Gaza peace
US President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in the Middle East from the White House on 31 May 2024.
It also came as top diplomat Antony Blinken acknowledged that despite US efforts to get more aid into Gaza, the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory remained"dire". But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said eliminating Hamas was still the point of the war. Israel has repeatedly vowed to destroy Hamas since the Palestinian militant group attacked southern Israel on 7 October .
The Israeli seizure of the Rafah crossing has further slowed sporadic deliveries of aid for Gaza's 2.4 million people and effectively shuttered the territory's main exit point.But US Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged Friday that the humanitarian situation was"dire" despite US efforts to bring in more assistance.
Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 36,284 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.
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