“It’s now up to Hamas. They need to move on the proposal that has been made so we get these hostages home where they belong,” Biden said.
IDF arrests terror suspects in West Bank raid • destroys Hamas rocket launchers
Both groups announced their intention to protest during the meeting — leaving the council unwilling to proceed with the resolution.
“I will tell you this. I think what he's doing is a mistake. I don't agree,” Biden said when asked if he thought that Netanyahu cared more for his own political survival than the Israeli people.
They claimed a famine is setting in Gaza and that Israel is "obligated to ensure the flow of humanitarian assistance" on the exact same day that over 400 humanitarian aid trucks entered the enclave.
Senior Hamas official Ali Baraka told Reuters: "We reject the latest Israeli proposals that the Egyptian side informed us of. The politburo met today and decided this."
The resolution "Calling for a cessation of hostilities and for delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza" was passed unanimously.
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