Joe Biden said it was now up to Donald Trump to help ensure the success of the Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages agreement their teams jointly brokered, warning the incoming US president it would require “persistence” and “the belief in diplomacy backed by deterrence”.
“After so much pain, death and loss of life, today the guns in Gaza have gone silent,” Biden said in brief remarks during a visit to South Carolina on his last full day as president. “We anticipate several hundred [aid] trucks will enter the Gaza Strip probably just as I am speaking.”
