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Gaza: Biden ‘referred to Netanyahu as an a*****e’, say reports; Tánaiste reacts to ‘inhumane’ Rafah bombings

Biden has referred to Netanyahu as an ‘a*****e’ on three occasions – reports Israel frees two hostages in Rafah under cover of air strike; health officials say 67 killed Hamas says overnight attack on Rafah continuation of 'genocidal war'‘Why did you kill my family while they were sleeping? They are children. I've been collecting my family's body parts since the morning’ – resident Tánaiste: ‘We are appealing to people to not suspend aid’

A Palestinian child looks on, at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Ralph Riegel, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose

US president Joe Biden is growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has called him an “a****le” in private, according to media reports.

The president has shown contempt for Netanyahu behind closed doors over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, according to US network NBC News.