The president of the United States, Joe Biden, announced this Friday a proposal from Israel to achieve a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where the attacks have been repeated for eight months and the fatalities already exceed 35,000, the majority women and children. In exchange, Israel demands the release of all the hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist group. A proposal that Hamas sees “positively”

“After intense diplomatic activity, carried out by my team, in talks with leaders of Israel, Qatar, Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries“Israel has offered a new comprehensive proposal for a lasting ceasefire and the release of all hostages,” Biden said in an appearance from the White House. According to the Democrat, the proposal has already been sent to Hamas through the Qatar intermediation.

Hamas’s response has not been long in coming. Just a few hours after Biden’s speech The group has issued a statement in which he claims to see positively the new proposal in which They contemplate three phases. The first establishes a ceasefire and the handover of some hostages for six weeks. Time in which the second stage would be negotiated in which a total cessation of hostilities is proposed. In the third, with all the troops already out of the Strip, it includes the reconstruction of the area.