New York, February 26 (EFE). – The President of the United States, Joe Biden, stated this Monday that his “hope” is that an agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will be reached by next Monday.
“My national security adviser tells me we are close, we are close, but we are not there yet. My hope is that we have a ceasefire by next Monday,” the president told reporters in New York.
Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan had already indicated in an interview on CNN this Sunday that the United States, Israel, Egypt and Qatar had reached an agreement on “the basic lines” to facilitate a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Gaza and the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. EFE
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