Biden: without an agreement between Hamas and Israel, the situation will become “very dangerous”

The president of United States, Joe Bidenwarned this Tuesday that, if the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel If they do not reach an agreement before the start of the holy month of Ramadan, the situation could become “very dangerous”.

“If we continue in these circumstances until Ramadan, Israel and Jerusalem, it could become very dangerous. So we are making a big effort to achieve a ceasefire“, he claimed Biden in statements to the press before boarding Air Force One to return to the White House after spending a few days at Camp David.

Ramadan will begin this year on March 10 or 11, depending on the lunar calendar. The United States, Qatar and Egypt, mediators between Hamas and Israel, hoped to reach an agreement before the start of that holy month, in which tensions between Israelis and Palestinians usually intensify over access to the old city of Jerusalem.

Asked about the negotiations, Biden stated that the possibility of a six-week ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners is now “in the hands of Hamas”.

Biden assured that “the Israelis have been cooperating” and that the Palestinian group has received a “reasonable offer” which Israel has already accepted, so now we only have to wait for Hamas’ response.

The president expressed confidence that an agreement will be reached and stated that it will be known “something in the next two days”.

In addition, he said that he is working with Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and warned that “there are no excuses” so that the Hebrew State does not authorize the entry of greater amounts of assistance to the enclave.

Faced with the difficulty of bringing humanitarian aid by land, several countries, including Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, France and the United Arab Emirates, have airdropped food packages. The United States joined that strategy this weekend and has announced that there will be more deliveries.

Likewise, the president was asked about his personal relationship with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and assured that it is “as it always has been”.

In the last weeks, Biden has increased its public criticism of the Netanyahu government’s military strategy in Gaza and, on Monday, US Vice President Kamala Harris met at the White House with Israeli war government minister Benny Gantz, Netanyahu’s own rival.

Gantz also plans to talk this Tuesday behind closed doors in Washington with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who in turn met this morning with the Qatari Prime Minister, Mohamed bin Abderrahman al-Zani.

These meetings in Washington take place in parallel to the talks that have taken place these days in Cairo to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip.