White House Hopes Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Impacts On Gaza

Buildings in Gaza were destroyed by Israel/DOKmen UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh

JAKARTA - White House's deputy national security chief adviser Jon Finer said the United States (US) government hoped the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah would create space for an agreement in Gaza.

We will test whether this creates room for further progress, both towards a ceasefire and a hostage-taking deal in Gaza and towards broader efforts towards regional integration, which ultimately includes normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia that has been carried out by our president and team. going on for months, including long before October 7, "Finer said. reported by CNN, Wednesday, November 27.

"We will test the proposition and see to what extent we can take advantage of this momentum," he added.

When concretely asked what the US government would take in an effort to renew their push for a ceasefire in Gaza, Finer did not explain in detail.

"I will not discuss the tactics, but what I will say is, I think there is confidence on the Hamas side that there may be a wider regional conflict, or an eruption of conflict across the border between Israel and Israel. Lebanon may distract the IDF in a certain way, perhaps also reducing pressure from Hamas. In fact, I think it has reached this agreement, the conclusion of this agreement further isolates Hamas, "he explained.