Biden assures that the agreement between Israel and Hamas is “close” to being achieved

MADRID Jan. 13 (EUROPA PRESS) –

US President Joe Biden stated this Monday that an agreement is “close” to being reached between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

“In the war between Israel and Hamas we are on the verge of (achieving) that the proposal that I raised months ago finally bears fruit,” Biden said in his farewell speech to the State Department.

The White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, had also predicted that the agreement for the release of the hostages was close and that it could be closed in the last week of Biden’s term, which ends on January 20.

“We are close to an agreement and it can be achieved this week. I am not making a promise or a prediction, but it is there and we are going to work to make it happen,” he explained this Monday at a press conference.

The special envoys for the Middle East of Biden, Brett McGurk, and of President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, are visiting the region and maintaining contacts with the main actors with a view to reaching an agreement.