The president of the USA, Joe Biden reported that Israel y Hamas They agreed on a ceasefire which will allow the rescue of the More than 70 hostages who are still held captive in Gaza after the attacks of 7 October.
“Six weeks ago I laid out a comprehensive framework on how to achieve a ceasefire and bring the hostages home. There is still work to be done and the issues are complex, but that framework It is already agreed upon by both Israel and Hamas.“the Democratic leader announced.
Biden said his team is making progress on the final details. “I’m determined to get this done,” Biden said on X.
Six weeks ago I laid out a comprehensive framework for how to achieve a ceasefire and bring the hostages home.
There is still work to do and these are complex issues, but that framework is now agreed to by both Israel and Hamas.
My team is making progress and I’m determined to…
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 12, 2024
The announcement by the US president, who is in the midst of an election campaign seeking re-election, comes at a time when negotiations were at their most promising point in recent months. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahudenied that the Army is going to abandon the so-called Philadelphia corridor, located in Rafah and which runs along the Gaza border with Egypt.”
However, on Friday the Israeli army withdrew from more neighbourhoods in Gaza City, leaving behind dozens of bodies, according to the Civil Defence, which recovered around 60 bodies in the Tal al Hawa area alone.
According to the group, Israeli troops withdrew on Friday from the Tal al-Hawa and Rimal neighbourhoods, as well as from the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza capital, where Israel is maintaining a new offensive to try to prevent Hamas militants from regrouping.
Yesterday alone, Civil Defense rescue teams recovered another 60 bodies from the Shujaiya neighborhood, a stronghold of the Islamist group in the Gaza capital that has been left completely uninhabitable after the passage of Israeli soldiers, who abandoned it on the night of Wednesday into Thursday.
On Friday, the army announced that during its operations in Shujaiya it managed to eliminate the deputy commander of the Hamas battalion in the neighborhood, whom it identified as Ayman Showadeh.
According to Israel, Showadeh was involved in planning the October 7 attacks and directed numerous attacks against Israeli troops throughout the Gaza war.
The Israeli army launched its first offensive in Gaza City just days after the Hamas attack in southern Israel that sparked the war on October 7.
In the unprecedented surprise attack, Hamas killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped 240 others near the Gaza Strip.
“Hamas and other armed groups are holding around 116 people hostage or in captivity, including 43 whose deaths have been confirmed by Israeli authorities. At least 79 of those held captive are believed to be civilians,” Amnesty International said on Friday.
According to the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons in Israel, signs of life had been received from 33 hostages as of May 18. During their captivity, the hostages have been denied access to independent observers, including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to assess their health or conditions of detention.