Friday, May 31, 2024, 8:18 p.m.
US President Joe Biden has presented a new ceasefire offer in Gaza. In a sole statement at the White House made this Friday, the Democratic leader affirms that it is an agreement that Israel has given its approval and urges Hamas to accept it. From its first words it is derived that it would be a global pact that “brings all the hostages home, guarantees the security of Israel, creates a better day in Gaza without Hamas in power and sets the stage for a political agreement that provides a better future for Israelis and Palestinians alike,” the president said.
«Israel has now offered a new comprehensive proposal. It is a road map towards a lasting ceasefire and the release of all hostages. “This proposal has been transmitted by Qatar to Hamas,” says Biden, who explained the phases of the agreement. The first would last six weeks, “would include a total and complete ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all populated areas of Gaza, the release of several hostages, including women, the elderly and the wounded, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. In this phase, the bodies of the hostages still in the hands of the militiamen would also be returned.
The offer contemplates in its next stages the return of civilians to the areas of Gaza from where they were evicted by the war, the increase in humanitarian aid and a definitive negotiation to end the clashes between Israeli troops and Hamas. The last phase would be the total reconstruction of the Strip.
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