US President Joe Biden’s administration has increased its demands to Israel for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and increased humanitarian aid to the public. This was reported by Top.
“Both Biden and Vice President Harris have called for an ‘immediate’ ceasefire in recent days,” reporters wrote.
According to the publication, there are signs of disagreement between Washington and Tel Aviv, especially over increasing the volume of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
US Vice President Kamala Harris called the situation a “humanitarian disaster” in her speech in Alabama on March 3. He emphasized that Israeli authorities should make more efforts and increase the flow of humanitarian aid.
In Washington, the vice president met with Israeli military cabinet member Benny Gantz. They discussed the need to reach an agreement on the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip.
In addition, Harris called on the Palestinian radical movement Hamas to accept proposed conditions under which the release of prisoners would ensure an immediate ceasefire for six weeks and help increase the volume of humanitarian aid across Gaza.
Negotiations on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip have been held in Cairo since March 3 with the participation of representatives of Egypt, Qatar, the USA and Hamas. was at the last meeting suggested Declaring a one-week ceasefire in the region for the release of elderly hostages
The situation in the Middle East escalated further on October 7, when thousands of armed Hamas supporters entered Israel from the Gaza Strip, attacked civilians and kidnapped more than 200 hostages. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the country was at war. A ground operation was launched, its aim was to bring back the hostages and completely destroy Hamas.
Previously Netanyahu statedIt was stated that the war between Israel and Hamas will last until 2025.