Here in the U.S., Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Biden, as well as vice president and presumptive presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Thursday. Harris says she urged Netanyahu to move forward with a proposed ceasefire deal that would bring about a “permanent end to the hostilities,” and condemned the civilian toll of the war.

Vice President Kamala Harris: “What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating. The images of dead children and desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, sometimes displaced for the second, third or fourth time, we cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering.”

Harris also reaffirmed U.S. support for Israel and, earlier in the day, released a statement condemning the burning of the U.S. flag during antiwar protests on Wednesday.