Biden to give speech on release of hostages from Gaza

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US President Joe Biden speaks at a welcome reception for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative leaders at the Exploratorium, in San Francisco, November 15, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
US President Joe Biden speaks at a welcome reception for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative leaders at the Exploratorium, in San Francisco, November 15, 2023. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

US President Joe Biden — who is currently in Nantucket, Massachusetts for Thanksgiving — will give a speech at 1:45 p.m. local time (8:45 p.m. in Israel) on the release of the first batch of hostages from Gaza as part of the multi-day truce between Israel and Hamas.

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