US President Joe Biden vowed on Monday to “continue to work to end the war in Gaza”, a day after announcing he was abandoning his campaign to be re-elected in November – and on the eve of a planned meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I will work closely with the Israelis and with the Palestinians to try to find a way to end the war in Gaza,” he said during a live phone call shortly before his first scheduled campaign appearance. his vice president, Kamala Harris, whom he announced he is nominating to become his party’s presidential candidate in the November 5 election.

US President Joe Biden, who caused a political earthquake by announcing last Sunday that he was ending his re-election campaign, urged his party, the Democrats, on Monday to support his vice president, as Kamala Harris currently appears to be she is the main contender for the party’s anointing to be a candidate in the November 5 presidential election.

“She is the best,” Mr. Biden said — his voice still hoarse due to COVID — during a live conference call shortly before Ms. Harris’ first campaign speech since the announcement.

The 81-year-old Democratic president, who until Sunday’s announcement was strongly resisting the increasingly widespread pressure to resign, added that the decision he made was the “right” one.