US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the resistance movement Hamas was no longer able to carry out a "major terrorist attack on Israel" and declared that the time had come for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Biden said from the White House: “At this stage, Hamas is no longer able to carry out the October 77 operation again; "It is time for this war to end, and for the next day to begin."

Speaking from the White House State Dining Room, Biden essentially endorsed the Israeli proposal that Qatari negotiators conveyed to Hamas. Biden said the proposal would be divided into three phases, starting with a six-week ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from populated areas in Gaza, and the exchange of elderly people and women held by Hamas in exchange for the release of the hostages. Hundreds of Palestinian detainees.

"This is truly a defining moment," Biden said. "Hamas says it wants a ceasefire. This deal is an opportunity to prove whether they really mean it."