Tyler Durden
#ZeroHedge: "President Biden in a phone call this week urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to implement a three-day pause in fighting. This was revealed by multiple sources to Axios Tuesday, and Biden's request appears to have been rejected, given the call took place Monday and Israel has since reaffirmed there will be no truce until the hostages held by Hamas are released."
"But Netanyahu on Tuesday gave a speech declaring that his forces were 'reaching deeper than Hamas ever imagined' a hailed the killing of thousands of Hamas terrorists and commanders. 'There will not be a ceasefire without the return of our kidnapped,' he emphasized in a message 'to our enemies and our friends alike.'
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had at the same time declared that the IDF is fighting 'in the heart' of Gaza City and is 'tightening the noose' around Hamas.
Concerning the Monday phone call, #Axios revealed further, 'The two U.S. and Israeli officials said Netanyahu told Biden he doesn't trust Hamas' intentions and doesn't believe they are ready to agree to a deal regarding the hostages.'
The Israeli leader 'also said that Israel could lose the current international support it has for the operation if the fighting stops for three days, the officials said.' Netanyahu further voiced to Biden that in 2014 Hamas took advantage of a humanitarian pause to kidnap an Israeli soldier and kidnap others."
"On Wednesday Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US stands by Israel in rejecting calls for a full ceasefire. 'Israel has repeatedly told us that there is no going back to October (7) before the barbaric attacks by Hamas – we fully agree,' he said. He then said of G7 counterparts, 'We all agreed humanitarian pauses would advance key objectives.'"