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Biden again warns Netanyahu on Rafah as US assesses ceasefire

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Police tackle pro-Palestinian protesters disrupting the arrivals for the 2024 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York. [AFP]

US President Joe Biden, seeking to push a Gaza ceasefire, on Monday warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against invading Rafah as Israel defiantly issued evacuation orders and carried out intense air strikes on the crowded Gaza city.

The United States said it was reviewing a response from Hamas, which said it has accepted a deal to halt seven months of war and free hostages, with CIA Director Bill Burns in the region to negotiate through Arab allies.

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