John Kirby Won't Say Whether Releasing Hostages Is Tied To Demands For A Ceasefire

HuffPost’s S.V. Dáte: “Admiral, could you clarify on the — the — the ceasefire language that the President used the statement? He says that, uh, that there should be a ceasefire, um, and then the next — after a comma, it’s ‘he urged Prime Minister to empower negotiators to conclude a deal without delay.’ So, are the two tied together or is he saying cease fire right now and then [a deal to return the hostages] later? I mean, what —”

WH’s John Kirby: “We — we —”

Dáte: “How immediate is immediate?”

Kirby: “— I — I can't really improve upon the President's language. We want to see a pause in the fighting. We want to see a ceasefire immediately, so that we can get more humanitarian assistance in and create a set of conditions where aid organizations feel better about operating inside Gaza because, as we've — we've already seen it in — as a result of the attack on the WCK workers that some aid organizations now are pulling back. So, we want to see that immediate ceasefire in place. We also of course, as we've said many times, I think that — that could also provide a window here to get the hostages out.”

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