Biden applauds Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas

US president backs Israel and condemns Hamas, pledges humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

United States President Joe Biden said on Thursday the US welcomes a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and emphasised the US will continue to support Israel militarily. “The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist groups that have taken the lives of innocent civilians,” Biden said in remarks at the White House in Washington. “These hostilities have resulted in tragic deaths of so many civilians, including children, and I send my sincere condolences to all the families, Israeli and Palestinian, who have lost loved ones,” Biden said.