Biden’s consultations with the heads of Egypt and Qatar to establish a 6-week ceasefire in Gaza

The White House announced in a statement on Thursday local time: US President Joe Biden had a conversation with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi today. The two leaders discussed the Gaza war and their efforts to free the hostages held by Hamas.

The White House clarified: Biden thanked Al-Sisi for Egypt’s action in sending humanitarian aid to Gaza. They stressed that the release of the hostages would lead to an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza for at least six weeks. They discussed how to turn such a long period of calm into a more lasting one.
According to the White House, the US and Egyptian leaders also “discussed plans to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza and how a ceasefire under the release of the hostages could help those efforts.” They also discussed the tragic and disturbing incident earlier today in northern Gaza. Both leaders expressed regret for the civilian deaths and agreed that this incident underscores the need for the negotiations to reach fruition as soon as possible and to expand the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.”

The White House also announced in another statement: US President Joe Biden had a conversation with the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani today. The two leaders discussed efforts to immediately release the hostages held by Hamas.

The White House clarified: They agreed that Hamas should release the hostages it is holding without delay. The leaders of the United States and Qatar emphasized that the release of the hostages would lead to an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza for at least six weeks. They discussed how to turn such a long period of calm into a more lasting one.

According to the White House, the leaders of the United States and Qatar also discussed plans to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza and how a ceasefire under the release of the hostages could help those efforts. They also discussed the tragic and disturbing incident earlier today in northern Gaza. Both leaders deplored the civilian deaths and said that this incident underscores the need for the immediate conclusion of negotiations and the expansion of the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Dozens of Palestinians were martyred by Israeli forces around the aid convoy in northern Gaza on Thursday. Hamas blames the Israeli forces for shooting at the Palestinian population, while Israel, in justifying its crime, claims that most of the casualties were caused by the crowding among the Palestinians, as the crowd rushed towards the trucks and looted them. /p>

Gaza health authorities say that at least 104 Palestinians were killed as a result of this Israeli attack, and the number of Palestinian casualties reached more than 30,000 during the 5-month war.

Gaza health authorities said more than 750 others were injured in Israeli attacks on Palestinians around the aid convoy. This incident happened when a convoy of 30 relief trucks arrived from Rafah to the north of Gaza to Al-Rashid Street in the west of Gaza City.

On October 15, 1402, on October 7, 2023, the Palestinian resistance groups launched a surprise operation called “Al-Aqsa Storm” from Gaza (southern Palestine) against the positions of the Israeli regime. On November 24, 2023, a four-day temporary ceasefire was established between Israel and Hamas, or a pause for the exchange of prisoners between Hamas and Israel.

This pause in the war continued for 7 days and finally on the morning of Friday, December 10, 2023, the temporary ceasefire ended and the Israeli regime resumed attacks on Gaza. In order to retaliate for the surprise attacks of the “Al-Aqsa storm” and to compensate for its defeat and stop the resistance operations, this regime has closed all the crossings of the Gaza Strip and is bombarding this area.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced in its latest statistics that the number of martyrs in Gaza since the beginning of the Israeli attacks on October 7 (October 15) has reached 30,035 people, and 70,457 Palestinian citizens have also been injured.

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