Breaking: Biden: Israel offer is a 'historic opportunity, Hamas should take it'

Israel has proposed a new three-phase ceasefire deal and plan for the day after the war, President Joe Biden said on Friday afternoon during a special address from the White House.

Biden laid out the terms for the agreement which would begin with six weeks of ceased hostilities in which women, children, elderly and injured hostages would be released.

In the first phase, Israeli forces would withdraw from densely populated areas in Gaza.

Some American hostages would be released in the first stage. At this time Palestinians would also return to their homes in all areas of Gaza, including the north. Humanitarian aid would surge to 600 trucks carrying aid into Gaza per day.

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Biden: Israel offer is a 'historic opportunity, Hamas should take it'

Biden introduces three-tiered ceasefire plan which starts with six week hostility cessation and some hostages released

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Far-right parties vow to bring down government if PM backs hostage-ceasefire deal​

The heads of the government’s two ultranationalist parties, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of Religious Zionism and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of Otzma Yehudit, both threatened to bring down the government Saturday night if a newly proposed hostage release and ceasefire deal is adopted by the government.

Both party leaders claimed that the deal would spell the end of the war without the completion of the central war aim of destroying Hamas, and vowed that they would pull their parties out of the coalition if it was accepted.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid earlier Saturday reiterated a promise to provide a political safety net to Netanyahu, to ensure his government would not fall over the deal, but Lapid’s Yesh Atid would not provide support for the coalition on other issues. Lapid said that Israel “must do this deal, now… before the hostages die there [in Gaza].”

In contrast to the far-right response, National Unity party chief and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz called for the war cabinet to convene as soon as possible to “formulate steps for going forward,” and appeared to imply that the proposal had already been approved by the war cabinet.

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Far-right parties vow to bring down government if PM backs hostage-ceasefire deal

Ben Gvir says deal would spell 'total defeat' rather than Netanyahu's promised 'total victory'; Smotrich warns terror would surge, insists fighting continue until Hamas destroyed

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The pressure is on

 

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Israel accepted US President Joe Biden's framework deal, which calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of all hostages held by Hamas, an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Reuters on Sunday.

In an interview with Britain's Sunday Times, Ophir Falk, Netanyahu's chief foreign policy advisor, said there are still details to work out and that "it's not a good deal, but we dearly want the hostages released, all of them."

Falk added that Israeli objectives, including "the release of the hostages and the destruction of Hamas as a genocidal terrorist organization," remain unchanged, Reuters reported.

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Israel accepts tentative ceasefire conditions, Netanyahu aide confirms

Israel agreed to a tentative ceasefire deal laid out by Biden that calls for the release of all the hostages, an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed.

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What??? So they have to cease fire and pull out of Gaza before they get all of the hostages back?!!? I can’t believe they agreed to this!!!
Bibi must have been extremely pressured, is the only thing I can think.

 

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“During the six weeks Israel and Hamas would negotiate the necessary arrangements to get to phase two, which is a permanent ceasefire.”

I don’t see this happening.

 

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**Update:

Biden ‘wrong’ on proposed ceasefire deal, says Israeli official
President Joe Biden misinterpreted the terms Israel has accept for a possible ceasefire and hostage deal, an Israeli official said Sunday, emphasizing that Jerusalem has not agreed to permanently halt hostilities with Hamas starting with an initial truce.

On Friday, Biden addressed the White House State Dining Room, pushing a plan he said was based on an existing Israeli proposal made to Hamas via Qatar and Egypt.

Referring to the deal as “the Israeli proposal,” Biden laid out three stages for the agreement, beginning with a six-week ceasefire, during which the IDF would withdraw from all populated areas of the Gaza Strip.

During this stage, Hamas would release several dozen Israeli captives, while Israel would free hundreds of jailed terrorists.

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Biden 'wrong' on proposed ceasefire deal, says Israeli official

Israeli official says President Biden misunderstood Israel's proposed compromise for a ceasefire and hostage deal, insists Israel will continue fighting after initial truce.

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This has more plot twists than an afternoon soap opera on TV.