"Biden hammered out the first deal toward an armistice on Nov. 23 of that year, just a month and a half after the war began. It called for a four-day ceasefire, the release of 50 Israeli hostages and 50 Palestinian prisoners, and the release of 10 more with each day's extension of the truce. Biden's hope was that the incentive would lead to the freeing of all hostages and a permanent peace."
"The fact was, neither Israel nor Hamas wanted the war to end. Israel wanted to destroy Hamas as a political and military entity; Hamas, by this point, may have seen the impracticality of its ultimate goal (the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state), but it still wanted Israel to withdraw from Gaza. The Israeli army still had a lot of targets in Gaza to hit;"
President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas, prompting comparisons to President Joe Biden's failed efforts. Biden negotiated a Nov. 23 armistice with a four-day ceasefire, 50 Israeli hostages and 50 Palestinian prisoners released, plus ten more prisoners for each day's extension. The truce lasted six days and freed 105 hostages and 240 Palestinians before fighting resumed amid accusations of violations. Neither Israel nor Hamas wanted a permanent end to the war because each believed continued fighting could better achieve its strategic aims. U.S., Qatari, and Egyptian intermediaries could not bridge those irreconcilable interests.
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