We will continue to respond forcefully to Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will “continue to respond forcefully“ to rocket attacks from Palestinian militants in Gaza. US President Joe Biden expressed his “grave concern“ over violence in Israel and Gaza in a phone call with the Israeli Prime Minister, while separately telling Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas that Hamas must “cease firing rockets.“ Biden also raised concerns about the safety of journalists after Israeli airstrikes flattened a building housing The Associated Press and other international media outlets in Gaza.