Netanyahu-Biden call ends after 50 minutes, says PM’s office
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers hold a phone call with US President Joe Biden on October 9, 2024. (Prime Minister’s Office)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers hold a phone call with US President Joe Biden on October 9, 2024. (Prime Minister’s Office)
The phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris ends after 50 minutes, Netanyahu’s office tells The Times of Israel.US President Joe Biden and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken for the first time in weeks – the White House says Vice-President Kamala Harris joined the phone call
Fighting is continuing between Hezbollah and Israel, with four people killed in an Israeli air strike on a Lebanese village, and two killed by Hezbollah rockets in northern Israel, local authorities say
On the ground, clashes are also reported along the border after Israel expanded its invasion into western areas, after earlier focusing on the east
The UN says a quarter of Lebanese territory is under evacuation orders – while about1.2m people have been displaced in Lebanon since Israel began intense air strikes last month, and around 1,400 killed
