‘Deal on the Table’: Biden, 17 Other World Leaders Urge Hamas to Release Hostages

The leaders said there’s a ‘deal on the table’ that would bring ‘an immediate and prolonged ceasefire’ in Gaza.

Pictures of hostages held in the Gaza Strip hang on a wall in southern Israel on March 7, 2024. Amir Levy/Getty Images

President Joe Biden and leaders from 17 nations are calling on Hamas to release all the remaining hostages and accept an agreement that would lead to “an immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip.

“The fate of the hostages and the civilian population in Gaza, who are protected under international law, is of international concern,” the world leaders said in a joint statement on April 25.