The White House says Netanyahu agreed to open one other border crossing for assist after strain from Biden.

The Biden administration mentioned late Thursday that Israel had agreed to open one other crossing for assist to get into Gaza amid a dire humanitarian disaster there.

There was no quick affirmation from the Israeli authorities in regards to the announcement, which got here hours after President Biden had a tense telephone name with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During the decision, Mr. Biden threatened to situation future help for Israel on the way it addresses his considerations about civilian casualties and the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.

In an announcement, the National Security Council mentioned that Israel had agreed to open the Erez crossing to permit assist into northern Gaza and to additionally open the port of Ashdod. The measures had been being taken “on the president’s request,” the assertion added.

“These steps,” the assertion mentioned, “should now be totally and quickly carried out.”

Nearly all of assist that has reached Gaza has entered via two border crossings within the south, and circumstances are particularly dangerous in northern Gaza, the place many of the inhabitants lived earlier than being displaced by the Israeli invasion.