Joe Biden tells Israel to protect aid workers and reach Gaza ceasefire

Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli airstrike (Doaa AlBaz/AP)

President Joe Biden issued a stark warning to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that future US support for Israel’s Gaza war depends on the swift implementation of new steps to protect civilians and aid workers.

Mr Biden and Mr Netanyahu’s roughly 30-minute call just days after Israeli air strikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza added a new layer of complication to the leaders’ increasingly strained relationship.