During a speech from the White House on Friday, May 31, Joe Biden announced that Israel had proposed a new ceasefire in Gaza for six weeks. A suggestion deemed “positive” by Hamas.
Towards a new truce in Gaza? As the war between Hamas and Israel prepares to enter its eighth month, American President Joe Biden announced, Friday, May 31, in a speech from the White House, that the government of Israel had proposed a new ceasefire. -fire as well as a withdrawal of all its armed forces from the Gaza Strip for a period of six weeks, reports BFMTV. Believing that such a proposal could not be “let pass”, and pleading for “this war to end”, Joe Biden also indicated that this new ceasefire aimed at the total release of the last hostages held by the Hamas in Gaza.
In a press release published this Friday, May 31, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas considered the new road map presented by the American president “positive”, reports Le Figaro. Already on Thursday, Hamas had indicated that it was willing to reach a truce with Israel as part of an agreement on a prisoner exchange, but only in the event that the Jewish state stopped its bombing of Gaza.
A proposal deemed “realistic” by the European Union
Reacting to the announcement made a little earlier by Joe Biden, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, welcomed a “realistic” proposal which is, according to her, “a real opportunity” to be able to put an end to this war. “This three-step approach is balanced and realistic. It now needs the support of all parties,” she said on her social networks.
I wholeheartedly agree with @potus Biden that the latest proposal is a significant opportunity to move towards an end to war and civilian suffering in Gaza.
This three-step approach is balanced and realistic. It now needs support from all parties.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) May 31, 2024
While Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli government was “united in its desire to bring back [ses] hostages as quickly as possible”, the latter further clarified that “the Prime Minister authorized the negotiating team to present a plan to achieve this objective”. Despite everything, the Israeli leader’s office also stressed that “the war will not stop until all its goals are achieved”, namely the return of all its hostages, as well as the complete elimination “of Hamas’ military and governmental capabilities”, reports BFMTV.