Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure release of Israeli hostages from Hamas control

Close to presenting a final ceasefire proposal for Israel and Hamas that would see Israeli hostages returned home, President Joe Biden said he didn't think Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was doing enough to make it happen.

"Do you think it's time for Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu to do more on this issue? Do you think he's doing enough?" a reporter asked Biden at the White House before the president and Vice President Kamala Harris met with advisers to try to get the hostage deal over the line.

"No," Biden flatly responded .

Netanyahu has been strongly criticized in the United States and Israel, with Jewish citizens accusing him of valuing his own political position over doing everything he can to see the Israeli hostages safely returned home.

Biden and Harris's meeting in the Situation Room on Monday came after six Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 were found dead. They were believed to have been killed on Thursday or Friday. American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among the six dead.

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Hundreds of thousands of citizens took to the streets in Israel to protest in demand of a ceasefire to see the hostages, of which 101 reportedly remain, returned home.

Biden has been critical of Netanyahu at several points during the nearly 11-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. In June, he said there was "every reason" for people to believe the prime minister was dragging out the war with Hamas.