Biden expresses support for Israel-Gaza ceasefire as pressure on US rises
by Julian Borger in Washington, Martin Chulov and age from on (#5HYEV)
- US president stops short of demanding halt to hostilities
- Israel carries out fresh wave of pre-dawn airstrikes
- Protests expected across region on Tuesday
Joe Biden has issued a statement for the first time expressing support for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza's militant rulers, Hamas, after a phone conversation with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, the US president stopped short of calling for an immediate halt to the eight days of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket barrages that have killed more than 200 people, the vast majority of them Palestinian.
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