CAIRO – 20 May 2021: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi thanked Joe Biden, the US president, for his efforts to endorse the Egyptian ceasefire initiative in Palestine, which came into effect on 2 A.M. local time. Egypt has brokered a ceasefire agreement to end the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, which have killed more than 200 Palestinians including women and children over the past 11 days. The ceasefire is mutual and unconditional and also requires Palestinian groups in Gaza, who have been firing rockets at Israel in response to the Israeli assaults, to abide by ceasefire. “I extend my sincere gratitude to president El-Sisi and the senior Egyptian officials who played such a critical role in this diplomacy”, Biden said. And I send my sincere condolences to all the families, Israeli and Palestinian who have lost loved ones and my hope for a full recovery for the wounded” Biden said.

Source: Egypt Today May 20, 2021 23:51 UTC