President Biden has said the U.S. was working to negotiate a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas that would pause fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks.
Washington — President Biden said Monday that a deal between Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire in Gaza is close.
And my hope is that by next Monday we’ll have a cease-fire," Mr. Biden told reporters during a stop in New York City.
Mr. Biden said earlier this month that the U.S. was working to negotiate a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas that would pause fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks.
He said the deal would “bring an immediate and sustained period of calm to Gaza for at least six weeks, which we could then take the time to build something more enduring.”
In early February, as Israel prepared for a ground operation in Rafah, a city near Egypt’s border where more than one million displaced Palestinians are estimated to have taken refuge after fleeing fighting elsewhere in Gaza, Mr. Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to proceed without a “credible” plan for ensuring the safety of the people sheltering there.
“We can’t leave the last Hamas stronghold without taking care of it, obviously, we have to do it,” Netanyahu said.
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Washington — President Biden said Monday that a deal between Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire in Gaza is close.
And my hope is that by next Monday we’ll have a cease-fire," Mr. Biden told reporters during a stop in New York City.
Mr. Biden said earlier this month that the U.S. was working to negotiate a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas that would pause fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks.
He said the deal would “bring an immediate and sustained period of calm to Gaza for at least six weeks, which we could then take the time to build something more enduring.”
In early February, as Israel prepared for a ground operation in Rafah, a city near Egypt’s border where more than one million displaced Palestinians are estimated to have taken refuge after fleeing fighting elsewhere in Gaza, Mr. Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to proceed without a “credible” plan for ensuring the safety of the people sheltering there.
“We can’t leave the last Hamas stronghold without taking care of it, obviously, we have to do it,” Netanyahu said.
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