Biden, Netanyahu to speak on Thursday: Israeli broadcaster

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden will speak later on Thursday, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported, citing a diplomatic source.

Netanyahu is due to confer with his own team about proposals from Hamas on a possible ceasefire deal to pause the nearly nine-month war in Gaza.

Israel received Hamas’ response on Wednesday to a proposal made public at the end of May by US President Joe Biden that would include the release of about 120 hostages held in Gaza and a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.