The hostages are still in Hamas' hands. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip is now around 32,000 according to Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry. And according to experts, famine is likely to afflict northern Gaza in the coming weeks. Israel's best friend, the United States, has circulated a draft resolution at the UN Security Council calling for an "immediate" six-week cease-fire along with the release of the hostages, while relations between the two countries are deteriorating, and tensions with U.S. President Joe Biden are rising. Nobody in the White House has any faith in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.