U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday repeated her call for a ceasefire in Israel's war in Gaza and said it was important to seize the opportunity provided by the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar,

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris says the death of Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar “gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza.”

Her advisers say the empathy she has expressed for Palestinians as vice president should not be confused with any willingness to break from U.S. foreign policy toward Israel as a presidential candidate.