The GOP presidential candidate praised the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas late Tuesday, but some expressed concern about the limited number of Israeli hostages to be released and warned that President Biden might use the lull in fighting to urge the Jewish state to “permanently cease-fire.” “
Under the terms of a deal approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet, 50 hostages held by terrorists in the Gaza Strip will be released in exchange for at least four days of a six-week ceasefire beginning Thursday morning, as well as the release of 150 Palestinians from prison. Israel.
Republican White House hopefuls, including former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, celebrated the freed hostages, but noted that important questions remain unanswered.
“I am very happy that the family will soon be able to reunite with their loved ones. But the world must demand more from Hamas. Why only 50 hostages? Demand Hamas release ALL hostages NOW,” Haley wrote on X.
Nikki Haley said the world “must demand more.” Reuters
Israel is committed to freeing all of the approximately 240 hostages taken by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel and this deal marks the first step, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.
The Israeli government has publicly pledged to grant one additional day of ceasefire for every 10 additional hostages released by Hamas.
Christie, who traveled to Israel last week and met with hostage families, told Fox News Tuesday that it was “imperative” that Americans held by Hamas be freed.
Christie and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center CEO Ronni Gamzu pose with family members of hostages held by Hamas at Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel.REUTERS
The hostage’s family “gave me this dog tag to keep with me,” he said. “It said, ‘Take them home now.’ And I think that’s the most important thing, not only for the Israeli hostages, but for the American hostages that are being held there as well.”
Three American hostages, including two women and three-year-old Abigail Mor Idan, are expected to be among those released, a senior US official said.
“I hope the Biden administration works hard to resolve this, because they need to stop the suffering of innocent people who have been held hostage by the terrorist organization Hamas,” added the former New Jersey governor.
The first image of two American hostages, Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie, were released from custody by Hamas and returned to Israeli soil on Oct. 20. GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL
Burgum added that once the ceasefire expires, Israel should “then complete the task of destroying Hamas.”
“I am very concerned that Joe Biden and the radical left will now try to pressure Israel to make the ceasefire last. That cannot be allowed. This means a win for Hamas and Iran – and a big loss for America and Israel,” the 67-year-old North Dakota governor told X.
In a statement late Tuesday, Biden praised the leaders of Qatar and Egypt for helping to broker the deal, and praised Israel’s ceasefire “to ensure the provision of additional humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of innocent Palestinian families in Gaza.”
Palestinians get drinking water from a truck loaded with food supplies in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 21, 2023.Xinhua/Shutterstock
The president also said “the deal should bring home additional American hostages” and that he “will not stop until they are all freed.”
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy had not made any public statements regarding the hostage release as of Wednesday afternoon.
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