Biden, Macron welcome rescue of hostages
President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the rescue of the hostages at a press briefing Saturday.
Biden welcomed the safe return of four hostages from Gaza, pledging that the United States will not stop working until all hostages are home.
"I want to echo President Macron’s comments welcoming the safe rescue of four hostages that were returned to their families in Israel. We won't stop working until all the hostages come home and a ceasefire is reached. That is essential to happen,” Biden said.
President Macron spoke before President Biden, also celebrating the news.
“In Gaza, we want to attain the immediate liberation of hostages and we can only welcome the liberation of four hostages by the Israeli army. We want to achieve the immediate ceasefire and open up the prospect of a political solution which is the only one that can bring about a fair and lasting peace and meet the security of concerns of both people,” Macron said.
“And that is why we are supporting the comprehensive proposal of the United States of America,” he added, calling on Israel to do more to assist humanitarian aid to Rafah, calling the situation “unacceptable.”
-ABC News’ Molly Nagle and Michelle Stoddart