"Efforts to Ease Gaza Crisis Intensify as Biden Warns Against Israeli Occupation"

US President Joe Biden warned that any Israeli move to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a "big mistake" as Israeli troops prepared for a ground invasion. The death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza has risen to around 2,750, with 9,700 people injured, according to the Gaza health ministry. Reserves of fuel at all hospitals in Gaza are expected to last only around 24 more hours, putting thousands of patients at risk. Egypt, Israel, and the US have reportedly agreed to a ceasefire in southern Gaza and the reopening of the Rafah border crossing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to return to Israel, and President Biden is considering a trip to the region. Over a million people have fled their homes in Gaza, and hospitals warn of collapse. Biden also condemned the hate crime killing of a Muslim boy in the US linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Israel has halted security exports to Colombia over the president's remarks on the war.