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Video: Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Is ‘In the Hands of Hamas,’ Biden Says
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Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Is ‘In the Hands of Hamas,’ Biden Says
President Biden said the Israelis had been cooperating in negotiations over a possible six-week cease-fire in Gaza, being mediated by Qatar and Egypt, and that “a rational offer” was made.
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It’s in the hands of Hamas right now. The Israelis have been cooperating. There’s an offer out there that’s rational. We don’t know what — we’ll know a couple of days if it’s going to happen, but we need the cease-fire. There’s got to be a cease-fire because Ramadan, if we get into a circumstance where this continues through Ramadan, Israel and Jerusalem, it could be very, very dangerous. So we’re looking — we’re trying hard for that cease-fire.
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