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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Sullivan: Biden looks forward to talking with Netanyahu about securing hostage deal now that ‘massive obstacle’ Sinwar removed
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, July 25, 2024. (AP/Susan Walsh)
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells reporters that slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar “was a massive obstacle to peace.”
“Now that that obstacle has been removed, President Biden looks forward to talking to Prime Minister Netanyahu about how we secure the return of the hostages and end the war,” he says.