between the gazan people and a cease-fire is hamas. it has rejected generous proposals from israel, it seems more interested in a regional conflict then is in a cease-fire that would immediately improve the lives of the palestinian people. >> trace: >> today the white house would not comment on whether it had knowledge of the attacks but it did emphasize the relationship between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is strong. >> the president and the prime minister have a long-standing relationship that goes decades. because of that long-standing relationship they are able to speak very honestly with each other and have difficult conversations when it's necessary. >> several measures have been introduced in the u.s. house and senate to publicly condemn iran's initial attack on israel last weekend. >> trace: let's bring in the foreign desk editor-in-chief and