The US President Joe Biden has come down heavily on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his handling of the war in Gaza.

In an interview to a TV channel, aired late Tuesday, Mr Biden was responding to a question on whether Netanyahu was prioritising his political survival over the national interest.

The United States has lately turned critical of Israel’s approach, especially after an air strike killed seven workers with the food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK), most of them foreigners.

Biden expressed outrage over the incident and Washington warned of a sharp shift in its policy over Israel’s war against Hamas. This prompted Israel to announce that it would allow “temporary” aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza.

Netanyahu admitted that its armed forces killed seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza but claimed it was “unintentional”.