The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has been extended. The US will not rest until all hostages held by Hamas terrorists are released, Joe Biden declared.
“The United States will take full advantage of extending the lull in fighting between Israel and Hamas to increase humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip,” President Joe Biden said in a statement on the White House website on Monday . .
The President of the United States announced continued efforts to “build a future of peace and dignity for the Palestinian people.” Biden recalled that the current lull in fighting, which was set to end on Tuesday but an agreement was reached to extend it, allowed the release of more than 50 Hamas hostages, including a four-year-old American girl.
Armistice extended
On Monday, a Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman announced, and Hamas and the US news agency Reuters confirmed, that the ceasefire would be extended for two days. A Hamas representative said the deal was brokered by officials from Qatar and Egypt. The previously agreed terms of the ceasefire remain unchanged.
Osama Hamdan of Hamas’s Lebanese Political Bureau said that as part of the extended ceasefire, the organization is preparing a new list of hostages to be released from the Gaza Strip. The head of Egypt’s State Information Service, Diaa Rashwan, previously announced that the agreement on a two-day ceasefire extension would include the release of 20 Israeli hostages in exchange for 60 Palestinian prisoners.
In total, Hamas released 39 Israelis or dual nationals and 19 foreigners, and Israel released 117 Palestinian women and teenagers.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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