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US President Joe Biden has mentioned he expects a ceasefire “by subsequent Monday” after stories of progress in talks between representatives of Israel and Hamas.
“We're shut,” he mentioned, talking at an ice cream store on Monday. “Our work isn’t completed but. I hope we could have a ceasefire by subsequent Monday.”
Final week, the US was broadly criticized for vetoing a UN Safety Council decision demanding a right away ceasefire in Gaza.
As a substitute, it proposed its personal short-term ceasefire proposal, which additionally warned Israel to not assault the southern Gazan metropolis of Rafah.
Learn extra right here: Biden says Gaza ceasefire anticipated by subsequent week