US President Joe Biden on Wednesday condemned the attack by Hamas on Israel as the “deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust” but urged Israel to follow ‘rules of war’. “This attack was a campaign of pure cruelty – not just hate, but pure cruelty – against the Jewish people,” Biden told Jewish leaders gathered at the White House. As Israel responded with air strikes on Gaza, Biden said he had spoken earlier Wednesday to Netanyahu. The US president said he had known “Bibi” Netanyahu for four decades and they had a “very frank relationship”. The 80-year-old US president urged...