Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected calls to soften his demand to keep troops in the southern Gazan border area as the price for a ceasefire deal as hundreds of thousands of Israelis staged a nationwide strike in a bid to pressure the government to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed back against a new wave of pressure to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israeli protested and went on strike and US President Joe Biden said he needed to do more after nearly 11 months of fighting.
