DUBAI/WASHINGTON/CAIRO, Feb. 28 -- Israel is ready to halt its Gaza attacks for the Muslim holy month of Ramzan in a ceasefire that could be signed as soon as next week, Joe Biden said, though Hamas officials said the US president's remarks were premature as it studies a truce offer. Biden's comments, recorded on Monday and broadcast after midnight on Tuesday, come as negotiators try to hammer out the first extended truce deal in a war that has obliterated the Gaza Strip since October last year....