US President Joe Biden has mentioned he hopes to have a ceasefire “by subsequent Monday”, after experiences of progress in negotiations between Israel and Hamas representatives.
“We’re shut,” he mentioned on Monday, talking in an ice cream store. “We’re not accomplished but. My hope is by subsequent Monday we’ll have a ceasefire.”
Final week, the US was broadly criticised for vetoing a UN Safety Council decision demanding a direct ceasefire in Gaza.
As a substitute, it proposed its personal momentary ceasefire decision, which additionally warned Israel to not invade the southern Gazan metropolis of Rafah.
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