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REUNITING HOSTAGES. Family members of Israeli hostages held in Gaza speak to the press after meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, DC. The Biden administration has made it clear it will continue to work for the release of all hostages and an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas six months after the militant group’s attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7.
Biden’s comments come as US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators seek progress on a truce and hostage release deal that also proposes ramping up aid deliveries to address a worsening hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip.Israel insists it is not limiting aid and has complied with US and United Nations demands to scale up the deliveries.
Humanitarians have accused Israel of using starvation as a method of war in Gaza, where UN experts say 1.1 million people — half the population — are experiencing “catastrophic” food insecurity. Under the latest proposal, fighting would stop for six weeks, about 40 women and child hostages in Gaza would be exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, and up to 500 aid trucks would enter Gaza per day, according to a Hamas source.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had no indication of an “imminent” assault on the city, the last in Gaza to be the target of a ground invasion and where around 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering. Israel has invited tenders for 40,000 large tents, according to a document on the defence ministry website -– part of its preparations to evacuate Rafah ahead of an offensive, a government source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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