The US president made the comments in a call with Egypt and Qatar’s leaders as Hamas considers its response to the latest ceasefire proposal
Here are some of the latest images sent to us from Gaza over the news wires.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has left Saudi Arabia and is next headed to Jordan, where he will meet King Abdullah II and foreign minister Ayman Safadi as well as the UN humanitarian aid and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag. Blinken will head to Israel later in the day.