United States National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby in an interview with ABC News expressed confidence that Israel would accept a proposed ceasefire if Hamas agreed to US President Joe Biden's plan to end the conflict.
"We have every expectation that if Hamas agrees to the proposal – as was transmitted to them, an Israeli proposal – then Israel would say yes," he emphasized.
The statement comes in the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's affirmation that the military's objective remains unchanged until Hamas is "destroyed."