Message to Israel to delay ground attack on Gaza Stripto facilitate diplomatic efforts to free more civilians held hostage by Hamas after the October 7 attack on Israeli soil, Joe Biden appears to have sent.
Asked by a journalist if the Israel should delay his planned invasion of Gaza until more hostages are freed, the US president replied: “Yes.”
Earlier, the White House announced that the president of the USA contacted by phone the two American women – Judith and Natalie Raanan – freed by Hamas the manufacture.
Declaring “overjoyed” for the happy ending to their ordeal, Joe Biden pledged that the USA they will make every effort “until they come home” and the remaining Americans held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
Clarifications from the White House
THE Joe Biden misheard a reporter’s question about whether Israel should delay its potential troop invasion of Gaza until more hostages are freed, a White House spokesman was quick to clarify, as the response was interpreted as a call to the Israeli government.
“The president was away. He didn’t hear the whole question. The question sounded like “Would you like to see more hostages released?” He did not comment on anything else”explained White House spokesman Ben Lampoldt.
Biden, 80, was preparing to board Air Force One when a reporter asked the question, shouting to be heard over the roar of the presidential plane’s engines. Joe Biden stopped short and said yes, before boarding the plane.
Hamas is an obstacle to the normalization of Israel-Saudi Arabia relations
The attack launched on October 7 by the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas on Israeli territory, with a death toll of around 1,400, had the ultimate goal of preventing the normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabiaas stated by Joe Biden.
After the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain normalized their relations with Israel, the US pressed Saudi Arabia for a similar agreement with the Jewish state. However, Riyadh insisted on setting the resolution of the Palestinian issue as a prerequisite.
The day after the attack launched by Hamas on Israeli soil, US Secretary of State Blinken told CNN that “it would not be surprising” if one of the motivations for the attack was to prevent a Saudi-Israeli rapprochement.
Source: News Beast
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