Biden pushes for cease-fire deal as Israel digs deeper into Rafah

Israeli soldiers moving farther into the southern Gaza City of Rafa after seizing control of the Philadelphia Corridor a strategic territory along gaza's border with Egypt the Rafa offensive has killed civilians and drastically cut off the flow of humanitarian Aid a million people have left the city most of whom had been displaced earlier in the war it's time for this war to end from the White House President Joe Biden laid out a three-phase ceasefire plan that he says Israel has agreed to Israel has made their proposal Hamas says it wants to cease fire this deal is an opportunity to prove whether they really mean it phase one calls for a six- week temporary pause in fighting during which Israeli forces would withdraw from heavily populated areas free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in exchange for Hamas releasing women the eldery and wounded hostages Israel would allow Palestinian citizens return to their homes and more humanitarian Aid during phase 2 Israeli forces would withdraw completely from Gaza in exchange for the release of all remaining hostages including male Israeli Soldiers the ceasefire would hold even if talks dragged out past the initial 6 weeks in the third and final phase Gaza reconstruction would begin and the remains of all deceased hostages returned the people of Israel should know they can make this offer without any further risk to their own security because they've devastated Hamas for forces over the past eight months while Biden described Israel's plan as a comprehensive new proposal other than a truce while talks are ongoing the plan does not appear to be fundamentally different from past proposals that Israel has rejected as it does not achieve its War objective to destroy Hamas I'm not ready to surrender and fold I'm not ready to end the war before all its objectives are completed soon after Biden's speech the Israeli Prime Minister's office released a statement saying its proposal allows Israel to continue the war until the destruction of Hamas military and governing capabilities while Biden envisioned the deal as potentially historic details are unclear including the level of Israeli military presence in each face as well as who will govern postwar Gaza if there is a a uh a a firm principle that Hamas itself will not be the governing Authority in Gaza after after Israeli withdrawal if they're not going to provide security then who is uh what exactly is the nature of a follow on Palestinian Authority meanwhile Hamas considers positively the content of Biden's speech the group said in a statement pusar VA news Washington

Channel: Voice of America

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Keywords: Israel, United States, middle east

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Length: 3min 1sec (181 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2024