Netanyahu to address US Congress on July 24

WASHINGTON, June 7: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address lawmakers in the US Congress on July 24, Republican party leaders announced Thursday.

The visit comes amid mounting pressure for the US ally and Hamas militants to agree to a permanent ceasefire as Israel faces growing diplomatic isolation over the rising death toll in Gaza.

President Joe Biden last week presented what he called an Israeli three-phase plan that would end the conflict, free all hostages and lead to the reconstruction of the devastated Palestinian territory without Hamas in power.
But Netanyahus office stressed that the war sparked by the October 7 attacks would continue until Israels "goals are achieved," including the destruction of Hamas, which has not given its response to the plan.    —AFP