Just how ridiculous is the long-awaited Hamas response to the latest Qatari proposal for hostage releases? Even Joe Biden can’t summon much enthusiasm for it. At a presser earlier this afternoon, Biden tried to keep a positive spin, but …
Hamas’s response to #Gaza hostage deal ‘a little over the top’ – #President Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/q5XR1y6mrC
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Hamas’ counter-proposal for the release of 132 hostages held in Gaza is “a little over the top,” US President Joe Biden said Tuesday night, as Israel braced for the four-month anniversary of the October 7 attack in which the captives were seized.
Biden attempted to put a positive spin on possibly a deal even though Hamas and Israel have been at loggerheads on the question of whether the agreement would include a permanent ceasefire or a pause to the Gaza war. There “is some…