Biden calls Netanyahu's handling of Israel-Hamas war "a mistake," says "I don't agree with his approach"

President Biden has sharpened his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Biden described Netanyahu's war policy as "a mistake" and called on his Israeli counterpart to agree to a cease-fire of up to two months, during which he said humanitarian organizations should have "total access" to deliver food and medicine to Gaza.

"What he's doing is a mistake," Mr. Biden told Spanish language broadcaster Univision when he was asked whether he believed Netanyahu was "more concerned about his political survival" than he was about the Israeli people's security.

"I don't agree with his approach," Mr. Biden said in the interview aired Tuesday evening. It was recorded previously, two days after Israeli forces struck a vehicle convoy carrying a World Central Kitchen charity team working to deliver food to Gazans.