Biden: ‘A cease-fire is not peace’

These pauses, which were implemented last week, are designed to allow Palestinians to flee the hostilities and seek out food and medical care.

Biden said he was “heartbroken” by the thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza and blamed Hamas for using Palestinian civilians as human shields. The “road to peace,” the president wrote, must lead to a two-state solution.

“Our goal should not be simply to stop the war for today — it should be to end the war forever, break the cycle of unceasing violence, and build something stronger in Gaza and across the Middle East so that history does not keep repeating itself,” Biden said.