Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease fire that will begin in less than two hours, as President Joe Biden credited high-level diplomacy for bringing to an end the 11-day conflict.“I believe the Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to life safely and securely, and enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy,” Biden said from the White House. “My administration will continue our quiet, relentless diplomacy toward that end.
I believe we have a genuine opportunity to make progress, and I am committed to working for it.”Biden said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to a mutual, unconditional cease fire, and that the Egyptians had informed them that Hamas and other groups in Gaza had also agreed.“These
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