Rishi Sunak told broadcasters the three-phase plan to end fighting in Gaza is ‘welcome news’.
The UK Government could “flood Gaza with far more aid” if Hamas accepts a US-backed ceasefire deal, the Prime Minister has said.Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron also backed the plan which he claimed could bring an end to the conflict almost eight months after it began, with US President Joe Biden claiming Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel.
Mr Sunak said a pause in fighting – the first phase of the deal – should become a “sustainable and lasting peace, which is what we all want to see”.The Israeli government would withdraw its forces from populated areas of Gaza, the AP news agency reported yesterday, and Hamas would release a number of hostages in exchange for the release of some Palestinian prisoners.
“And as long as Hamas lives up to its commitments, the temporary ceasefire would become, in the words of the Israeli proposals, ‘the cessation of hostilities permanently’,” Mr Biden said.Israel has now offered a roadmap to an enduring ceasefire – and the release of all the hostages.Mr Biden described the decision to accept or refuse the plan as “a truly decisive moment”.
He concluded: “All of us have to seize this opportunity and stop the killing and bring this conflict to an end.”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that “the war will not end until all of its goals are achieved, including the return of all our abductees and the elimination of Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities”.
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