Hezbollah has signaled it will stop its attacks on Israel, which it has launched on a daily basis throughout the Jewish state’s war with Hamas in Gaza, during the days of the ceasefire. But Jerusalem has not committed to reciprocating.
Channel 13 news said Netanyahu and Biden spoke shortly before the prime minister held a press conference on the upcoming hostage release deal with Hamas, which will be implemented over four days starting Friday (and could potentially be extended) concurrently with a ceasefire.
Biden reportedly said it was his understanding that the ceasefire could be extended to the northern frontier, and that he believed this would be a desirable course of action. Netanyahu did not promise to do so, but the matter may have been under discussion during Thursday night’s meeting of the war cabinet.
The hostage deal, which was mediated by Qatar and the US, would see Hamas release 50 Israeli women and children it took hostage during the October 7 massacre, over the course of four days, in exchange for a lull in the fighting during those four days and the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel for terror offenses, all of them women or minors. READ MORE