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strongly support the ongoing mediation in order to bring our people the statement said. reiterate our call on Hamas to release the hostages and let us end this crisis so that collectively we can focus our on bringing peace and stability to the re- The statement was issued by Biden and the leaders of Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Thailand and the United King- dom. The hostages include citizens of each country. More than 130 hostages, including Americans, are still believed to be under Hamas captivity in Gaza, where they have been since the start of war with Israel last fall. The war was ig- nited by the militant assault on Israeli communities Oct.
7 that killed al- most 1,200 people. More than 100 hostages were re- leased last year. The Biden administration has for months worked to secure a temporary between Hamas and Israel that would allow for the release of the remaining hostages, but progress has stalled. Hamas has rejected a deal that is on the table, and negotiations remain deadlocked. In their statement, the world leaders emphasized that the deal would bring an immediate and prolonged in Gaza that would facilitate a surge of additional humanitarian assistance to be delivered throughout Gaza.
Gazans would be able to return to their homes and their lands with preparations be- forehand to ensure shelter and humani- tarian provisions, the statement said. A senior administration speaking on the condition of anonym- ity, said releasing the hostages is road map to the end of the The fate of the deal rests with Ha- mas leader Yahya Sinwar, who has re- fused to accept it, the said. Hamas released a video Wednesday purporting to show one of the remaining American hostages: 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The short, undated video showed Goldberg-Polin missing a lower arm, but otherwise apparently healthy. Also Wednesday, Biden met at the White House with Abigail Edan, a 4- year-old U.S.
citizen who was among the group of hostages Hamas re- leased from Gaza last November during a truce. Israel strikes on Rafah Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight, killing at least six Palestin- ians, medics said Thursday, after saying it would evacuate civilians from the Ga- za border city and storm it despite warnings this could cause mass casual- ties. In the seventh month of a devastat- ing air and ground war against the Gaza ruling Islamist group Hamas, Is- raeli forces also resumed bombarding northern and central areas of the en- clave, as well as east of Khan Younis in the south. Israeli warplanes had hammered the north for a second day on Wednesday, shattering weeks of comparative calm there, and Israel said it was moving for- ward with plans for an all-out assault on Hamas holdouts in Rafah, on the south- ern border with Egypt. Escalating Israeli threats to invade Rafah, the last refuge for around a mil- lion civilians who jugger- naut farther north earlier in the war, have nudged some families to leave for the nearby al-Mawasi coastal area or try to make their way to points farther north, residents and witnesses said.
But the number of displaced people departing Rafah remained small, with many confused over where they should go, saying their experience over the past 200 days of war had taught them that no place was genuinely safe. Mohammad Nasser, 34, a father of three, said he had left Rafah two weeks ago and now lives in a shelter in Deir Al- Balah in central Gaza to avoid being caught by surprise by an Israeli invasion and unable to escape. escape from one trap into anoth- er, searching for places Israel calls safe before they bomb us there. It is like the rat and trap he told Reuters via a chat app. are trying to adapt to the new re- ality, hoping it will become better, but I doubt it Gaza medics and Hamas media re- ported Israeli airstrikes on Rafah early on Thursday that hit at least three houses, killing at least six people in- cluding a local journalist.
Israeli tank on the main road near the town of Al-Zawyda in central Gaza killed four people, local medics said. In the north, Israeli forces continued to pound Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun, Ja- balia and Zeitoun, with some residents saying Hamas and Islamic Jihad mili- tants were Israeli ground forces with anti-tank rockets, mortar bombs and sniper The Palestine Telecommunications Company said internet services had again been cut in central and south- ern Gaza on Thursday, blaming Israeli military operations. Contributing: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY; Reuters World leaders call for hostage release Israel steps up attacks on Rafah, killing 6 overnight Michael Collins USA TODAY Palestinian youths search the rubble of a building hit overnight by Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Thursday. MOHAMMED VIA GETTY IMAGES Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas protest in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
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