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World Leaders React to Israel-Hamas Deal to Pause Fighting, Free at Least 50 Hostages
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11/22/2023
An agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas to release at least 50 women and children currently being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for a brief pause in fighting and the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners.
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>>The Prime Minister We welcome the agreement reached overnight.
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As I said, this is something that we have consistently pushed for and is a crucial first
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step as we try to resolve this situation and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Of course,
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we want to see all hostages released as quickly as possible, including British nationals,
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and I urge all parties involved to deliver the agreement in full. I would also like to
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give a record of my thanks to Qatar for their important role, and we will continue to work
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with the United States and Israel to ensure the safe return of hostages and maximise the
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opportunity of this temporary pause to step up aid to suffering civilians in Gaza. It
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is something that we have pushed for, we have continued to do, and the UK is playing a leading
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role in delivering.
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>>Mr. Yusuf Suleiman We wholeheartedly welcome the agreement reached
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on the release of the 50 hostages and on the pause of hostilities. We stress at the same
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time the urgent need for all hostages to be released immediately, and we will work with
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our humanitarian partners to use the pause for a humanitarian surge in Gaza. Ensuring
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adequate humanitarian access will also require putting in place urgent and extended humanitarian
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pauses throughout Gaza and for a sufficient number of days, as called for last week by
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the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 2712, which was facilitated by
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Malta. We hope that the agreement on a pause of hostilities that has just been reached
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will allow for a substantial surge in humanitarian aid delivery into and within Gaza, and we
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certainly hope that this will not be a one-off.
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>>Ms. Catherine Fletcher This is an important and necessary step, but
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what we must ultimately work towards is a long-term enduring peace. And I again reiterate
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that a long-term enduring peace requires a two-state solution, with Israelis and Palestinians
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living securely and prosperously within internationally recognised borders. Australia has been working
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with countries that have influence in the region to help protect and support civilians,
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to help prevent the conflict from spreading, and to reinforce the need for the just and
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enduring peace that all of us want.
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Look, I think we would all want to see a sustainable ceasefire, but we also know that cannot be
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one-sided. And we recognise that the steps that have been taken today with this agreement
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that has been negotiated is progress towards these goals. But I want to say this, we remain
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deeply concerned about the loss of civilian life. And I know so many Australians are deeply
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concerned about the loss of civilian life. People are distressed about the horrific attack
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by Hamas. People want the hostages released, and people are distressed by the loss of civilian
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life in the period we have seen in these last weeks.
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"The situation of insecurity and instability in the Western Asian region is a matter of
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concern for all of us. Today, our coming together is a sign that we are all sensitive to the
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issues and are standing together for their solution."
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"It is a positive development that the four-day humanitarian break and the agreement on the
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exchange of hostages and prisoners, albeit in limited numbers, has been reached. We expect
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this step to be our priority and to be a permanent fire and a means of peace that we expect to
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be established as soon as possible."
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