The war between Israel and Hamas has been going on for more than five months. On October 7, Hamas terrorists attacked Israel and took hundreds of people hostage. After this, Israel took strong retaliation and compromise and released some of its people. Now once again the war may stop for a short time. US President Joe Biden has expressed hope that there will be a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas by next Monday. He acknowledged that the two sides are close to a ceasefire agreement.
On the question of ceasefire in Gaza, Joe Biden said, ‘My National Security Advisor has told me that we are close to it and my hope is that by next Monday we will have a ceasefire.’ He also said that we are close to it, but it is not complete yet. The final approval is yet to be given on this.
Consent was reached a day before
It is noteworthy that, a day before this, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan had said that, ‘Representatives of Israel, America, Egypt and Qatar met in Paris. During this time, an agreement has been reached between the four on the release of hostages taken by Hamas in exchange for a temporary ceasefire.
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An Israeli delegation, including Mossad Director David Barnia, held talks with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Bill Burns, representatives of Egypt and Qatar in Paris on Friday. Reportedly, Hamas and Israel do not talk to each other directly, with Qatar and Egypt acting as mediators between the two. It is being told that Hamas was informed about the talks held in Paris on Sunday evening.
War continues since October 7
It is noteworthy that Hamas had attacked South Israel on October 7 last year. Hundreds of missiles were fired simultaneously. A ground attack was also carried out. Terrorists had killed 1200 Israeli civilians. Apart from this, 250 people were taken hostage. Half of which are still under the control of Hamas. At the same time, the Israeli army has destroyed a large part of Gaza in the war. About 24 thousand Palestinians have been killed. Since Israel’s invasion, 85 percent of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have been displaced from their homes. One fourth of the population is facing starvation.