ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER MR. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MEETS BOTH PRESIDENT J.BIDEN AND VICE MRS KAMALA HARRIS.

President Biden,Thursday afternoon met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as U.S. leaders say they are in the final stages of closing a deal that will pause the fighting in Gaza and release hostages.

The meeting, part of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s hours-long visit to the White House which will include a separate meeting with Vice President Harris later Thursday, comes a day after the Israeli leader delivered a defiant speech to a joint meeting of Congress.