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They had precipitated the decision to re-open the supply of water.
Israel on Sunday re-opened the water supply in south Gaza after President Biden intervened - just days after warning of the importance of the 'rule of law.'
The U-turn happened three days after energy minister Israel Katz wrote on social media that no 'electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter' until the 'abductees' were free.
But on Sunday, he said that the US president had opened talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mail Online reports.
They had precipitated the decision to re-open the supply of water.
Biden himself brought up the importance of protecting Palestinians on Friday, in a speech in Philadelphia that he began by pointing to the 1,000 'innocent lives lost, including at least 27 Americans' in the brutal Hamas terror attack Saturday.
He touted US efforts to make sure 'Israel has what it needs to defend itself and to respond to these attacks.'
'We can't lose site of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas and Hamas's appalling attacks. And they're suffering as a result as well,' the president said.
It was just the latest time he tried to inject a note of caution into otherwise full-throated support of Israel. He has repeatedly stressed this week that both the U.S. and Israel understand the importance of the 'rule of law.'
The White House said earlier Friday it was not provided advance notice of the Israel Defense Force's order to Palestinians living in northern Gaza to evacuate within 24-hours. That appears to indicate that despite providing massive shipments of armaments and positioning to aircraft carrier groups, the administration is not getting, or may not want to receive, incremental updates on Israel's plans.
A White House official described the evacuation as an effort to protect civilians, even as the UN called the order not practical and said the evacuation itself could prove disastrous.
Biden and top national security officials have repeatedly stressed the need to protect human life and follow the 'rule of law,' in comments that could constitute a caution to Israel.
Earlier Netanyahu vowed to 'demolish' Hamas with Israeli troops on the Gaza border poised to attack at any moment.
Israel's armed forces is 'ready' to defeat the 'bloodthirsty monsters', the Israeli Prime Minister said, with a land, sea, and air offensive imminent.
Israeli tanks and troops have gathered on the border and are carrying out simulations ready to spring an invasion of Gaza at any time after Hamas terrorists killed 1,300 Israelis in a surprise attack last Saturday.
Palestinians have been fleeing northern Gaza after Israel dropped flyers telling them to evacuate their homes 'immediately'.
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said Hamas was stopping civilians from leaving and released an aerial photo of two vehicles blocking the road as desperate Palestinians crammed into cars and donkey carts to escape the northern area.
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