Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release
The Biden administration is calling for a final push before the president leaves office, with many seeing the Trump inauguration as an unofficial deadline.
Hasnain says:
Cautiously optimistic here. There will be lots of gotchas and caveats. But a pause in the fighting is very welcome at this stage.
If it does turn out, as initial reports suggest, that this was because Trump pushed harder than Biden (with associated headlines / news tidbits that have been, interesting, to say the least), I will have to give credit where credit is due because at least he's stopping a genocide (even if it's for self serving aims). Hoping to learn more.
"Trump pledged last month that “all hell will break out” if Hamas doesn’t promise to release hostages by Jan. 20 and his Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, joined talks in the region to push for a deal."
Posted on 2025-01-15T17:29:54+0000