US Vice President Kamala Harris has called for a proposed six-week ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war to be accepted, while criticising Israel over insufficient aid deliveries into Gaza.
US Vice President Kamala Harris has called for a proposed six-week ceasefire deal in the Israel - Hamas war to be accepted, while criticising Israel over insufficient aid deliveries into Gaza . "Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza , there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table," Harris said during a speech in Selma, Alabama on Monday.
Her comments were the strongest to date by a US administration official on Israel since the war started, as President Joe Biden comes under acute pressure over his support for Israel and the civilian death toll in Gaza soars. A senior US official said on Saturday that Israel had broadly accepted the deal, which would see a six-week cessation of hostilities if Hamas agrees to release the most vulnerable hostages it holds. The deal "will get the hostages out and get a significant amount of aid in", Harris said, calling on Hamas to accept the deal. "Hamas claims it wants a ceasefire. Well, there is a deal on the table
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