Fighting will stop in Gaza! Biden expressed hope, date next week

US President Joe Biden has expressed hope that a ceasefire in Gaza could begin as early as next week. Representatives of Egypt, Qatar, the US, France and other countries have acted as mediators for Israel and Hamas during the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories, seeking an end to hostilities and securing the release of detained Israeli hostages. Have tried. An agreement could potentially include exchanging several hundred Palestinian detainees held by Israel for dozens of hostages.

When Biden was asked during a visit to New York when such an agreement could begin, he replied that my national security adviser tells me we are close, we are close, we are not done yet. Biden said that I hope that by next Monday we will have a ceasefire. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told media that representatives of several parties meeting in Paris over the weekend agreed on what would be the basic outline of a hostage agreement for a temporary ceasefire.

Following the Paris meeting, Egyptian, Qatari and US experts convened in recent days for discussions in Doha, which were also attended by representatives of Israel and Hamas, according to state-affiliated Egyptian media. The goal was to achieve a ceasefire before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described demands for a troop withdrawal as delusional and claimed that any agreement on a ceasefire would postpone a military offensive into Rafah in southern Gaza, where more than 1.4 million Palestinians have taken refuge after violence erupted.