Biden formally confirms Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal

US President Joe Biden has confirmed {that a} ceasefire and hostage launch settlement has been reached between Hamas terrorists and Israel.

Supply: European Pravda, citing a press release from Biden

Particulars: Biden reported that the settlement between Israel and Hamas "will halt the combating in Gaza, surge a lot needed-humanitarian help to Palestinian civilians and reunite the hostages with their households after greater than 15 months in captivity".

"It’s the outcome not solely of the acute strain that Hamas has been below and the modified regional equation after a ceasefire in Lebanon and weakening of Iran – but additionally of dogged and painstaking American diplomacy," he added.

On the identical time, Biden harassed the necessity to bear in mind these killed within the October 2023 Hamas terrorist assault and "the numerous harmless folks killed within the struggle that adopted".

Background:

  • Earlier, American media reported, citing sources, that Israel and Hamas had agreed to finish hostilities in Gaza and alternate Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
  • Earlier than the deal was formally confirmed, US President-elect Donald Trump commented on it, later stating that it might not have been attainable with out his victory in November 2024.
  • On the identical time, the workplace of the Israeli prime minister acknowledged that negotiators had been nonetheless finalising sure facets of the settlement, however they hoped to finish the method within the coming hours.
  • Dubravka Šuica, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, welcomed the settlement on a ceasefire and hostage launch between Israel and Hamas.

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