And he said Biden He told reporters shortly after his arrival in Germany, “It is time for this war to end and for these hostages to return, and this is what we are prepared to do, and I will send Anthony Blinken to Israel,” indicating that the visit will take place within “four or five days.”
In turn, the US State Department spokesman said: Matthew Miller Washington wants to resume talks on a ceasefire proposal and free the hostages in the Gaza Strip after Sinwar’s killing.
Miller described Sinwar’s killing as a “seismic event.”
Miller said in a regular press briefing: Sinwar He was the “main obstacle” to reaching an end to the war that began after a Hamas attack on southern Israel, which Sinwar is believed to have planned. The attack killed about 1,200 people and took 250 hostages.
He explained that the Biden administration worked in vain for several months with mediators from Qatar and Egypt to reach an agreement that would lead to the cessation of Israeli military operations in Gaza in exchange for the release of hostages taken by Hamas in the attack a little more than a year ago.
Miller added that Sinwar has completely refused to negotiate in the past few weeks.
He added, “It is clear that this obstacle has been removed. I cannot expect that this means that whoever replaces (Sinwar) will agree to a ceasefire, but (his killing) removes what in the past months was a major obstacle to reaching a ceasefire.”
He continued to say that Washington will “redouble” its efforts and try to give impetus to the ceasefire agreement that has been “proposed for some time,” without going into the details of the proposal.
Miller stated that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken He has already spoken to the foreign ministers of Qatar and Saudi Arabia about ending the war in Gaza and the arrangements that follow.
