2024-04-06 22:28:03
washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday wrote a letter to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar asking them to put pressure on Hamas to reach a compromise regarding Israeli hostages. A senior official of the Biden administration gave this information. A day before this, Biden had asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to double his efforts to stop the six-month-long war in Gaza.
A Biden administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the President’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet with the family members of some hostages on Monday. It is believed that 100 people are still in the custody of Hamas. Biden deployed CIA Director Bill Burns to Cairo for talks this weekend about the hostages and followed up with letters to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
Alternative to temporary ceasefire
White House officials said a temporary ceasefire was the only way to secure the release of hostages and allow humanitarian aid to arrive. The official said that Biden, in his conversation with Netanyahu, “made clear that every effort should be made to ensure the release of hostages, including American citizens.” The US President also gave Israeli negotiators full authority to reach an agreement. Also discussed the importance of giving.
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The death toll in Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip has increased to 33 thousand, more than half of those killed are children and women. Due to the ongoing war in Gaza for more than 5 months, a large population of the Gaza Strip is forced to live in camps and people are facing food and water crisis. Help has been sent to Gaza Strip from many countries of the world but it is proving inadequate.