Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this Monday (06/03/2024) that there are “gaps” between the Israeli proposal and the version announced by US President Joe Biden on Friday, and reiterated that the truce would be temporary but would not mean the end of the war.
“The proposal that Biden presented is incomplete,” Netanyahu said today, according to local media, before the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament).
“The war will stop to recover the hostages and then we will have talks. There are details that the American president did not present to the public,” Netanyahu said.
His words contradict Biden’s announcement, in which after a first phase of six weeks – during which Israeli troops would abandon populated areas of the Strip and women, the elderly and wounded among the hostages would be released – a second phase would begin that would include “the permanent end of hostilities” and the release of the rest of the hostages, including soldiers.
But according to Biden, this second phase will require intense dialogue since the details are still unknown, something that has also been criticized by Hamas leaders, who consider the proposal ambiguous and without a solid commitment from the US that it will effectively The war will not be restarted.
While negotiations continue, at least 40 Palestinians died in the Strip in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to around 36,480 – most of them women and children – after another night of heavy Israeli shelling and artillery attacks. in almost 8 months of conflict.
ct (efe, afp)
