Biden says ceasefire between Israel and Hamas “probably” won’t happen until Monday

The President of the United States, Joe Bidenstated this Thursday that a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas in Gaza, it “probably” will not be achieved until Monday.

He added that Washington is verifying “contradictory versions” of a shooting at a location in Gaza where aid was being distributed.

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“We are checking this now. “There are two contradictory versions of what happened, I still don’t have an answer,” he told reporters before traveling to the border with Mexico.

More than a hundred Palestinians died in Gaza during a humanitarian aid distribution. The Palestinian Islamic group Hamas accused Israeli soldiers of opening fire on a hungry crowd.

Israeli sources confirmed that the soldiers, who felt “threatened”, opened fire, but denied that these shots were responsible for this number of deaths.

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Asked if he was concerned about the possibility of complicating ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Biden responded: “I know it will be like this.”

Negotiations for a new truce are intensifying, two weeks before the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.

Biden had said earlier this week in New York that he was “hopeful” that a “ceasefire for next Monday.”

Source: Elcomercio

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