Israel's Netanyahu to address US Congress on July 24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu volition code lawmakers successful the US Congress connected July 24, Republican enactment leaders announced Thursday.

The sojourn comes amid mounting unit for the US state and Hamas militants to hold to a imperishable ceasefire arsenic Israel faces increasing diplomatic isolation implicit the rising decease toll successful Gaza.

President Joe Biden past week presented what helium called an Israeli three-phase program that would extremity the conflict, escaped each hostages and pb to the reconstruction of the devastated Palestinian territory without Hamas successful power.

But Netanyahu’s bureau stressed that the warfare sparked by the October 7 attacks would proceed until Israel’s “goals are achieved,” including the demolition of Hamas, which has not fixed its effect to the plan.

The 4 apical enactment leaders successful the US House and Senate from some sides asked Netanyahu past week to talk earlier a associated gathering of Congress successful a missive voicing solidarity with Israel “in your conflict against terror, particularly arsenic Hamas continues to clasp American and Israeli citizens captive.”

Netanyahu’s sojourn “symbolizes the US and Israel’s enduring narration and volition offer… Netanyahu the accidental to stock the Israeli government’s imaginativeness for defending their democracy, combating terror, and establishing conscionable and lasting bid successful the region,” House Speaker Mike Johnson and apical Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said successful a statement.

The sojourn comes aft Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called successful March for Israel to clasp caller elections successful a uncommon illustration of strident disapproval from a elder American authoritative of the country’s handling of the warfare successful Gaza.

In a connection Thursday evening, Schumer said helium invited Netanyahu to talk contempt “clear and profound disagreements… due to the fact that America’s narration with Israel is ironclad and transcends 1 idiosyncratic oregon premier minister.”

The rebuke from Schumer, the highest-ranking elected Jewish American successful history, came amid expressions of dismay from progressive Democrats who person condemned Netanyahu implicit his handling of the subject effect and vowed to snub the right-wing leader’s speech.

The warfare was sparked erstwhile Hamas attacked Israel, resulting successful the deaths of 1,194 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based connected Israeli authoritative figures.

Militants besides took 251 hostages, 120 of whom stay successful Gaza, including 41 the service says are dead.

Israel’s retaliatory subject violative has killed astatine slightest 36,654 radical successful Gaza, besides mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory’s wellness ministry.

A Gaza infirmary said Thursday astatine slightest 37 radical had been killed successful an Israeli onslaught connected a UN-run schoolhouse that the Israeli subject alleged housed a Hamas compound.

US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators person resumed talks aimed astatine securing a truce and hostage-prisoner swap successful the astir eight-month war.

But the federation has faced a mounting diplomatic chill, with planetary tribunal cases accusing it of warfare crimes and respective European countries recognizing a Palestinian state.

US media reported connected Monday that Netanyahu had agreed to sojourn connected June 13, but his bureau told Israeli media the day had “not been finalized” and would not beryllium connected that day due to the fact that it interferes with a Jewish holiday.