White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said he is “confident” in it A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas will be implemented after 467 days of war and says there is “plenty of credit available.”
“We’re not too focused on credit,” Kirby said.The story‘ Wednesday. “As the president said, I mean, we’re approaching this as one team, a team of Americans, to try to get Americans back home to their families. And that’s what matters. I think there is enough credit available. And it’s not just here in the United States… Egypt, Qatar, Prime Minister Netanyahuwho has made some courageous decisions during these negotiations, and there is plenty of credit for everyone.”
Kirby credited Steve Witkoff, newly-elected President Donald Trump’s incoming special envoy to the Middle East, as a key figure in brokering the deal.
Hostage deal shows Hamas took Trump’s ‘hell to pay’ threat seriously
“We worked on this as one team, as the American people expected us to do,” Biden’s national security communications adviser said.
“The president made it clear to us within the national security team that we had to make sure that the Trump team, especially Mr. Witkoff, was essential and fully invested in everything we did because they would own it if we left the office,” Kirby revealed.
“Mr. Witkoff traveled to the region. He and Brett McGurk, our Special Coordinator for the Middle East, spoke several times a day over the past week as we sorted out the fine details and tried to get it across the finish line. Witkoff himself credited the work he was able to enjoy by working with us.”
IDF officers view maps in Khan Younis, Gaza. (IDF Spokespersons Unit)
Kirby says the bottom line is that the deal is done, the hostages are brought home and the war ends.
‘Both the newly elected President Trump and certainly President Biden shared that goal and made sure their teams shared that result as well,” he added.
On Wednesday, Kirby shared that he is “confident” the deal will be implemented, though he acknowledged there is still “hard work” ahead following the ongoing conflict with Hamas since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
Hamas terrorists paraglide into Israel. (HAMAS)
President-elect Donald Trump warned Hamas on January 7 that “all hell will break loose” if the hostages are not returned at his inauguration.
The agreement will enter into force on January 19, just one day earlier President-elect Donald Trump‘s inauguration.
Kirby stated that the “major hurdle” had been “overcome,” which meant the deal had to be finalized, signed and put into place. “Hopefully this weekend we’ll see some families reunited,” he said.
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