The president of the United States, Joe Biden, said he hopes that
the agreement for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war
that pauses hostilities and allows the release of hostages can come into force next Monday.
Asked when he expected the deal to close, Biden responded: “I hope by early this weekend.
At the end of the weekend.
My national security advisor tells me they are close
.
They are close.
They haven't finished yet.
My hope is that by next Monday we will have a ceasefire.”
Biden's National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, had already advanced this Sunday in an interview on CNN that the United States, Israel, Egypt and Qatar
had reached an agreement on "the basic lines"
to facilitate a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Gaza and the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
This morning, the government of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
presented its resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas
amid internal disagreements over the handling of the crisis caused by the war between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced, which generated a positive reaction from the United States.
"I presented the resignation of the Government to the president on February 20 and I am submitting it in writing today," said Shtayyeh, who specified that this decision took place in light of "the facts related to the aggression against the Gaza Strip and the escalation in West Bank and Jerusalem.
"The next stage requires new governmental and political measures that take into account the new reality in the Gaza Strip and
the urgent need for an inter-Palestinian consensus
," Shtayyeh urged in Ramallah.
For his part, Abbas accepted the resignation presented to him by Shtayyeh on behalf of the Government.
"The president published a decree accepting this resignation and asked Mohammed Shtayyeh and his government to remain in office temporarily until the formation of a new government," the ANP Presidency, based in the city of Ramallah, reported in a statement. , in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
Hours later,
the United States praised the ANP's reforms
, maintaining that they will contribute to the reunification of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the latter devastated by constant attacks by the Israeli Army, after the resignation of its prime minister.
Source: AFP, AP and EFE
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