Kirby: US remains hopeful for '6 weeks of peace' with hostage deal that 'Hamas has not fully rejected'

White House nationalist information communications advisor John Kirby said Sunday that nan United States remains hopeful for "six weeks of peace" pinch a hostage woody that "Hamas has not afloat rejected."

Speaking pinch big George Stephanopoulos connected ABC's "This Week," Kirby said Israel assured nan Biden management that nan Jewish authorities will not motorboat a run successful nan last Hamas stronghold of Rafah "until we've had a chance to really stock our perspectives and our concerns pinch them."

"If we're capable to get this hostage woody successful place, we are still moving astatine that. Hamas has not afloat rejected it," Kirby said. "They are considering this connection connected nan table. If we tin get that successful place, past that gives you six weeks of peace. It gives you nary fighting for six weeks, and that includes nary fighting successful Rafah. And what we're hoping is that aft six weeks of a impermanent cease-fire, we tin possibly get thing much enduring successful place."

Hamas said Saturday it was reviewing a caller Israeli connection for a cease-fire successful Gaza arsenic Egypt intensified efforts to agent a woody to extremity nan months-long warfare and stave disconnected a planned Israeli crushed violative successful nan confederate metropolis of Rafah. Senior Hamas charismatic Khalil al-Hayya gave nary specifications of Israel's connection but said it was successful consequence to a Hamas connection 2 weeks ago, nan Associated Press reported.

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John Kirby is nan White House nationalist information communications adviser (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images/File)

Negotiations this period centered astir a six-week cease-fire connection and nan merchandise of 40 civilian and sick hostages successful speech for freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners successful Israeli jails.

A abstracted Hamas connection said leaders from nan 3 main militant groups progressive successful Gaza discussed attempts to extremity nan war. It didn't mention nan Israeli proposal. The connection came hours aft an Egyptian delegation ended a sojourn to Israel wherever it discussed a "new vision" for a prolonged cease-fire successful Gaza, according to an Egyptian official, who said connected information of anonymity to nan AP.

Kirby besides addressed nan planned deliveries of assistance to travel into Gaza from an offshore pier now nether building by nan U.S. military. 

"The Israelis person started to meet nan commitments that President Biden asked them to meet," Kirby said. "This pier is now being constructed. It will return astir apt 2 to 3 weeks earlier we tin really spot it successful operation. I mean, it's a reasonably analyzable process to get that successful place. And we're moving intimately pinch nan Israelis astir really nan cognition of nan pier would work." 

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People locomotion successful a campy for displaced group successful Rafah successful nan confederate Gaza Strip by nan separator pinch Egypt connected April 28, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)

Stephanopoulos besides pressed Kirby connected nan anti-Israel protests festering pinch antisemitism unfolding astatine American assemblage campuses – and specifically astir bringing successful constabulary to break up demonstrations. 

"The president knows that location are very beardown feelings, George, astir nan warfare successful Gaza," Kirby said. "He understands that, he respects that. And arsenic he has said galore times, we surely respect nan correct of serene protest. People should person nan expertise to aerial their views and to stock their perspectives publicly. But it has to beryllium peaceful. We'll time off it to section authorities to find really these protests are managed."

Palestinians convey U.S. students for their support for Gaza by penning connected nan tents they unrecorded successful Rafah, Gaza Strip, connected April 28, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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"But we want them to beryllium serene protests," he added. "And obviously, we don't want to spot anybody wounded successful nan process of peacefully protesting. But again, nan president understands that. We perfectly condemn nan antisemitism language that we've heard of late, and we surely condemn each nan dislike reside and nan threats of unit retired location successful these protests. We understand they're important, but they do request to beryllium peaceful."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.