By Steve Holland
US President Joe Biden spent months urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect Gaza civilians, but the US decision to pause some military aid to Israel was linked directly to a pointed phone call they had a month ago, a US official said.
In the April 4 call, soon after seven World Central Kitchen aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike, Biden gave Netanyahu an ultimatum: protect citizens and aid workers, or else US policy would change.
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