Watch: Biden confuses Mexico with Egypt during press conference defending memory

President Biden mixes up Mexico and Egypt while addressing hostage situationReuters

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00:00 The conduct of the response in the Gaza Strip has been over the top.

00:16 I think that, as you know, initially the president of Mexico, Osisi, did not want to open up

00:27 the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in.

00:31 I talked to him.

00:33 I convinced him to open the gate.

00:34 I talked to Bibi to open the gate on the Israeli side.

00:38 I've been pushing really hard, really hard, to get humanitarian assistance into Gaza.

00:43 There are a lot of innocent people who are starving, a lot of innocent people who are

00:47 in trouble and dying.

00:49 And it's got to stop, number one.

00:51 Number two, I was also in the position that I'm the guy that made the case that we have

00:57 to do much more to increase the amount of material going in, including fuel, including

01:03 other items.

01:04 I've been on the phone with the Qataris.

01:06 I've been on the phone with the Egyptians.

01:08 I've been on the phone with the Saudis to get as much aid as we possibly can into Gaza.

01:15 There are innocent people and innocent women and children who are also in badly need of

01:19 help.

01:20 And so that's what we're pushing.

01:21 And I'm pushing very hard now to deal with this hostage ceasefire, because I've been

01:28 working tirelessly in this deal -- how can I say this without revealing it -- to lead

01:35 to a sustained pause in the fighting, in the actions taking place in the Gaza Strip.