US wants to see up to 100 aid trucks enter Gaza daily, doesn't support ceasefire
President Joe Biden received a commitment from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to increase the flow of aid into Gaza, according to the White House. President Joe Biden received a commitment from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to increase the flow of aid into Gaza, the White House said Monday. Biden spoke with Netanyahu on Sunday as Israeli forces expanded their ground operations in Gaza, in what it called the "second phase" of its war on Hamas after the terrorist group's attacks earlier this month. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in that call Biden "did receive a commitment that Israelis will endeavor to support a significant increase in the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, so additional trucks ." Forty-five trucks carrying food, water and other kinds of humanitarian aid were able to make it across the Rafah border crossing on Sunday, according to the administration -- well below the at least 100 trucks...