minister benjamin netanyahu. he also met israel s wall cabinets. war cabinet. mr blinken said he had had what he described as good conversations with the israelis with humanitarian pauses a key element of those discussions. letters into a bit of what he had to say. lets listen to a bit. we provided israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimise civilian deaths, while still achieving its objectives of finding and finishing hamas terrorists and their infrastructure of violence. today, i spoke with prime minister netanyahu and other senior officials about concrete steps to do that. president biden has consistently stressed the need for israel to operate according to international humanitarian law. i also emphasised that the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank, where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped, and perpetrators held accountable. third, we need to substanti