Tel Aviv, April 5 (RHC)-- Israel says it will open Gaza aid routes, including the northern Erez border crossing, after U.S. President Joe Biden called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza in a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday. 

Biden reportedly told Netanyahu future U.S. policy will be determined based on Israel’s actions to address the spiraling humanitarian disaster. 

It’s the most direct public warnings issued by the U.S. against Israel, but were not accompanied by any concrete action to prevent Israel from carrying out more killings. 

The confirmed death toll in Gaza has topped 33,000 — over 14,000 of those children.  Thousands of others are unaccounted for, buried under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel's genocidal war machine.