US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Sunday and agreed to "continue working to secure release of all hostages", the White House said.
Netanyahu said on Sunday he told US President Joe Biden that Israel will resume its campaign in Gaza with full force once a temporary truce comes to an end.
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However, Netanyahu also said he would welcome extending the truce if it facilitated the release of ten additional hostages every day, as agreed under the original Qatari-brokered deal.
Video: Netanyahu visits Gaza / Credit: YouTube/@IsraeliPM
Netanyahu in the call with Biden on Sunday thanked him for his "tireless efforts to help broker and fully implement" the deal to release hostages, according to a White House readout of the call.
The two leaders agreed to continue working to secure the release of all hostages, the White House said, and will "remain in close contact over the coming days."
Biden said he expects Hamas to release other US hostages as well, and that he wants the pause in the fighting to be extended as long as prisoners are being released.
"We will not stop working until every hostage is returned to their loved ones," Biden said.
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