For his part, United States President Joe Biden said on Friday that he is confident that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will be opened in the next 24 or 48 hours.
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas (the Ezzedin al Qassam brigades) declared the release of two hostages Americans for “humanitarian reasons” thanks to the mediation of Qatar, with no confirmation from the United States or Israel at this time.
“We are releasing the two American prisoners to demonstrate to the American people and the world the falsity of the accusations” that the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has made against the Islamist movement, which he has described as a terrorist organization for the massacre. Israeli crimes he committed during his invasion of southern Israel on October 7.
According to the organization, the freed persons are “mother and daughter”, namely: Judith and Natalie Raanan, from Evanston, outside Chicago. Both were kidnapped by the Palestinian organization that administers Gaza during the attack on Israeli territory on October 7, while they were in the Nahal Oz kibbutz.
Hamas sources explained to EFE that they worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to hand over the two hostages to the organization and ensured that both reached Israeli territory. “On our part, it is a clear humanitarian step to demonstrate that our conflict is only with Israel,” he noted.
The Israeli military estimates that Hamas is still holding about 200 hostages.
Rafah Pass
For his part, the President of the United States, Joe Bidensaid Friday that he is confident that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will open in the next 24 or 48 hours to allow the entry of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the Palestinian enclave.
This was stated at the beginning of a meeting at the White House with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the occasion of the US-European Union Summit. (EU). “I have the Israeli commitment and from the Egyptian president that the passage will be opened. I think between the next 24 and 48 hours, 20 trucks will come in,” Biden said.
Source: EITB
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