Adrienne Watson, head of the White House National Security Council (NSC) press service, said that an agreement to release hostages in the Gaza Strip has not yet been signed. She wrote this on social networks.
“We have not yet reached an agreement, but we continue to work diligently to reach an agreement,” Watson wrote.
Therefore, he commented on reports that a five-day ceasefire agreement would be signed between Israel and Hamas with the participation of the United States in exchange for the release of several dozen hostages.
Previously The Washington Post reportedIt was stated that the USA, Israel and the radical Palestinian movement Hamas are close to reaching an agreement on stopping the clashes.
The release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip could begin in the “next few days,” according to the publication. The situation in the Middle East worsened when Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip entered Israel on October 7; Radicals took hundreds of hostages and deported them to the region.
Formerly political scientist named One of the reasons why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict flared up.