from Daily Sabah
U.S. President Joe Biden has claimed that Israel would halt its activities in Gaza during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as part of a deal being negotiated.
Hamas officials, however, said the U.S. president's remarks were premature as it studies a truce offer.
Biden's comments, recorded Monday and broadcast after midnight on Tuesday, come as negotiators try to hammer out the first extended truce deal in a war that has obliterated the Gaza Strip since October last year.
"Ramadan is coming up, and there's been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan, as well, in order to give us time to get all the hostages out," Biden said on NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."
Earlier Monday, Biden said he hoped a cease-fire agreement would be hammered out by Monday, March 4. Ramadan is expected to begin on March 10.
"My national security adviser tells me that they're close. They're close. They're not done yet. My hope is by next Monday we'll have a cease-fire," Biden said...
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