By Monday, Biden hopes to see an end to hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

As talks to end hostilities and ensure the release of prisoners seemed to be moving forward, US President Joe Biden stated that he hoped to establish a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza by next Monday.

In light of reports from Israeli media that an Israeli military group had been to Qatar for in-depth negotiations, Biden made his remarks in New York on Monday.

The goal of the talks, which are being mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the US, is to get Israel and Hamas to temporarily cease hostilities so that aid may reach Gaza, where the UN estimates that 2.3 million people are in danger of starvation.

In exchange for Israel freeing hundreds of Palestinian inmates, the proposed truce would also permit the release of dozens of Hamas captives.
When asked when he believed a ceasefire could start, Biden stated he hoped it would happen in a few days.

Well, perhaps by the start of the weekend, by the end of the weekend,” he said to reporters while standing in front of a New York ice cream store. We’re near, my national security adviser tells me. We are near. We haven’t finished yet. My goal is for us to establish a truce by Monday of next week.

In an attempt to prevent an Israeli attack on Rafah, the southern Gazan metropolis where some 1.4 million people many of them internally displaced by the conflict have sought protection, the US has been applying more and more pressure on Israel in recent days to quickly agree to a ceasefire.

Patty Culhane of Al Jazeera, who is based in Washington, DC, reported that Biden’s remarks can be interpreted as a direct warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

It’s possible that he’s attempting to exert pressure on the involved parties and leave a hint for Netanyahu that a truce is required by Monday. Additionally, if there isn’t, the president will have been publicly embarrassed by him, and US presidents don’t like that, the speaker stated.
Culhane, Biden’s remarks might possibly be directed at Michigan voters, whose state is scheduled to have its presidential primary on Tuesday. There, a sizable number of Arab and Muslim Americans have vowed to cast uncommitted ballots in opposition to Biden’s backing of Israel.