Blinken, returning from a NATO meeting in Prague, insisted that Hamas "accept the deal without delay," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said, recounting phone conversations from the secretary of state's plane. The U.S. official stressed that "the proposal was in the interests of Israelis, Palestinians and the long-term security of the region," Miller added. The U.S. leader unveiled an Israeli proposal to the Palestinian group Hamas on Friday, saying the roadmap could end the war in the Gaza Strip and free hostages held in the enclave. Biden explained that the first phase of the deal would last six weeks and include a "full and complete ceasefire," the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all populated areas of the Gaza Strip and the release of several hostages held by Hamas, including women, the elderly and the wounded, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The American hostages would be freed in this phase and the remains of those killed would be returned to their families. Humanitarian aid would be increased, with 600 trucks allowed into the Palestinian enclave each day. The second phase would include the release of all remaining live hostages, including male soldiers, and Israeli forces would pull back from all positions inside the Gaza Strip. "As Hamas fulfills its commitments, the temporary ceasefire would become, in the terms of the Israeli proposal, 'a permanent cessation of hostilities,'" Biden noted. Finally, the third phase calls for the start of a major reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, which faces decades of work because of the devastation caused by the war. Speaking at the White House, the U.S. president said that Hamas was "no longer able" to carry out a new large-scale attack against Israel, stressing the need for a long-term truce and the release of hostages. The Israeli government said that its new truce proposal for the Gaza Strip announced by Biden will allow it to achieve all its military goals, including eliminating the capabilities of the Palestinian group Hamas. "The precise outline presented by Israel, including the phased and conditional transition, enables Israel to maintain these principles," the prime minister's office said. Israel launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip after a deadly Hamas attack on Oct. 7, in which Palestinian militants overran southern Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 250 hostage. The large-scale Israeli retaliation in the Palestinian enclave has killed more than 36,000 people, also mostly civilians, according to the local Hamas government, and left the territory in a severe humanitarian crisis. Read Also: EUA pedem plano para "dia seguinte" em Gaza após "horrível" ataque (Portuguese version)