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Kamala Harris called for a cease-fire in Gaza. Here's what we know about the talks

Kamala Harris Benny Gantz Gaza Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Israel Christian Lindmeier Rafah Washington D.C. Knesset
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the 59th commemoration of the Bloody Sunday Selma bridge crossing on Sunday in Selma, Ala. Harris called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza in her remarks but reiterated that Israel has "a right to defend itself." (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

TEL AVIV, Israel - Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to meet with Benny Gantz, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet, as pressure builds for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the war in Gaza.

Monday's meeting in Washington, D.C., comes one day after Harris called for an immediate, temporary cease-fire in Gaza to facilitate an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Harris is expected to continue pressing Israel to pause the fighting and allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.

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