US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he "hopes" that a truce can be reached between Israel and Hamas in Gaza by Ramadan. The Muslim holy month begins on the evening of March 10 or 11.
Biden said at the start of the week that he hoped by the following Monday, March 4, an agreement for a six-week truce in the fighting. Israeli shooting and stampede during a humanitarian aid distribution, which caused more than 110 deaths according to Hamas, could have complicated the negotiations.