![Biden speaks with Netanyahu on latest Hamas ceasefire proposal](https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/07/Biden-criticism-of-Netanyahu-govt-.jpg)
Biden speaks with Netanyahu on latest Hamas ceasefire proposal
Fox News
President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday following Hamas’ response to a hostage and ceasefire deal, Fox News can confirm.
Netanyahu was set to convene his security cabinet to formulate a reaction to Hamas’ latest position, which could prove to be a pivotal step in ending the nine-month-long Israeli air and ground war that has devastated Gaza. The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll in the war had climbed past 38,000, with at least 87,445 wounded. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
You can send tips to michael.dorgan@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan.
Neither the White House nor Netanyahu provided many details about the conversation, although Netanyahu is said to have congratulated Biden and the American people on the occasion of the U.S.'s commemoration of Independence Day.