Vice President Kamala Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in her ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Thursday evening. “We have a lot to talk about,” she said as the two shook hands. “We do indeed,” he replied.During their meeting, she reportedly pressed Netanyahu, who is also meeting with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump this week, on securing a deal to release the hostages kidnapped during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that launched the war. Harris said she had a “frank and constructive meeting” with the prime minister, who faces an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over war crimes. Netanyahu delivered an address to Congress on Wednesday, which Harris did not preside over due to a pre-scheduled trip to a campaign event in Indiana. Around half of Congressional Democrats skipped the address in protest.At a news conference following her meeting with Netanyahu, Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, emphasized that she and Biden are “working every day” to bring home U.S. hostages being held in Gaza. She also expressed concerns about civilians being killed and displaced in Gaza.“We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies,” she said. “We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering. And I will not be silent.”Harris said that Israel’s war with Hamas is complicated and that “too often, the conversation is binary when the reality is anything but.”The vice president recalled planting trees for Israel as a child and said that as a senator from California and as vice president she’s had an “unwavering commitment to the existence of the state of Israel” and its people. She said Israel has “a right to defend itself and how it does so matters.” Harris said both sides are working toward a cease-fire and that she remains committed to a two-state solution.