The hope that there will be an agreement on a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip before the start of Ramadan, the holy month of Muslims (between March 10 and 11), expressed on Friday the Joe Biden.
Asked by reporters leaving the White House about the possibility of a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave in exchange for the release of hostages by that date, the US president replied “I hope so, we are always working on this issue. We're not there yet.”.
Earlier, he announced that he had ordered the army to proceed to airdrops of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and that Washington will do everything it can to get more aid into the enclave.
The aid that is arriving in Gaza today is not enough, the American president said while welcoming the Italian prime minister to the White House Georgia Meloni.
At least 576,000 people, a quarter of the population in Gaza, are on the brink of famineaccording to the UN.
David Detula, a retired wing general who was once the commander of the no-fly zone in northern Iraq, said airstrikes are something US forces can carry out effectively. “It's something within the scope of their mission,” he commented, speaking to the Reuters agency. “There are many challenges, but nothing is insurmountable,” he added.
Source: News Beast
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