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8/11/2023–|Last updated: 11/8/202303:23 AM (Mecca time)
The American president said joe biden It is a request from the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu A temporary halt to the fighting Gaza During a phone call on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris stressed the importance of protecting civilian lives.
A White House spokesman had previously said that the officials discussed the possibility of a “tactical pause” in the fighting in Gaza for humanitarian reasons and the possibility of releasing the hostages during their conversation on Monday.
The American news site Axios reported on Tuesday, citing two officials, one American and the other Israeli, that Biden informed Netanyahu that a three-day cessation of fighting might help secure the release of some hostages.
The website reported, quoting the American official, that according to a proposal being discussed, the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) The number of hostages ranging from 10 to 15 people is released, and the pause period is used to verify the identities of all the hostages and provide a list of the names of the detainees who will be released.
In the same context, the White House said in a statement that US Vice President Kamala Harris stressed – in a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog – the importance of protecting civilian lives and respecting international humanitarian law.
He added that she also stressed the necessity of accelerating the delivery of aid to Gaza and holding extremist settlers responsible for the violent actions in the occupied West Bank, as she put it.
