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US President Joe Biden on Monday told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu he was deeply concerned about a planned ground offensive in Rafah, adding that an operation in the overcrowded southern Gaza city would be a “mistake”, a senior US official said. The phone call between the two leaders came amid rising tensions between the US and Israel over Netanyahu’s handling of the Gaza war. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments on Israel's war on Hamas.