Nir Barka also said that former U.S. President Joe Biden "restrained Israel," and expressed optimism about support from President Donald Trump.
More than 1,500 trucks with humanitarian aid have entered the Gaza Strip in the first two days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, says President Donald Trump's administration had an impact on getting the Gaza ceasefire agreement over the line.
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China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast.
President Biden marked the long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas in remarks Sunday as the deal officially took effect, celebrating that it had "finally come to fruition."
As the Gaza ceasefire takes hold, aid workers caution that the toughest challenges are yet to come, describing the truce as only the first step on a long road to recovery.
The ceasefire came into effect Sunday after an initial three-hour delay, during which almost 20 more Palestinians were killed, according to medics in the decimated Palestinian territory. Under the terms of the deal,
Israel and Hamas have initiated the first of several hostage and prisoner exchanges that will take place as part of a ceasefire deal.
President Biden released a statement following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire announcement Wednesday, saying release of American hostages will be included in the agreement.