The White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, has assured that the United States is working so that the four-day truce agreed for the Gaza Strip is extended beyond Monday, but has indicated that the final decision depends on Hamas. .

“It could be that the pause is extended for another day or two, or three or even more. The ball is in Hamas's court because what Israel has said is that it is willing to stop an additional day for every ten hostages that Hamas releases,” Sullivan said in statements to the American network ABC.. “If the truce ends, the responsibility will be on Hamas, not Israel,” he argued.

Sullivan has acknowledged that this truce allows Hamas to “resupply and reorganize” and also “generate propaganda” on social networks, but the Israeli authorities decided to accept it “for the benefits, which are these incredible images of people being reunited with their families, for the humanity they have, the sense of completing something and the possibility of others and ultimately all the hostages coming home.”

Sullivan has also revealed that the International Committee of the Red Cross could visit the hostages who continue to be held by Hamas to report on their condition.. “It is part of the agreement agreed upon by the Red Cross and we hope it is fulfilled,” he recalled.

The ICRC has not confirmed that it has been notified of this part of the agreement, but insists on its willingness to visit the hostages if both parties agree.