The US president, Joe Biden, said Israel and Hamas were no closer to reaching a deal that would pause fighting, allowing humanitarian aid to Gaza to be facilitated and Israeli hostages to be released. Biden was also asked for a response on the number of casualties in Gaza passing 20,000 people. "I think it"s tragic," he said ‘They are experiencing hell’: have the deaths of hostages impacted Israelis’ support for the war? Biden administration policy differences reportedly behind delay in Gaza ceasefire vote at UN Israel-Gaza war – live updates