Biden Advocates for Palestinian State as Netanyahu Faces Pressure Over Hostage Crisis
Israeli military commanders express doubts about achieving wartime objectives as Gaza death toll exceeds 24,900.
- President Biden has been pressing for a Palestinian state post-war, despite opposition from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been protesting outside Netanyahu's home, demanding the government take bold steps to free the hostages.
- Israeli military commanders have expressed doubts about achieving the country's principal wartime objectives of eradicating Hamas and liberating the Israeli hostages still in Gaza.
- Netanyahu has rejected the idea of a Palestinian state being created after the war, stating that Israel must have security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River.
- More than 24,900 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.























































































