rebuilding of gaza. the us has worked with mediators to negotiate an end to the war in which more than 36,000 gazans have been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. it began after an attack on israel by hamas and other armed groups on october seven which killed 1200 people. for more details, our middle east correspondent sent this report. he said israel had submitted a comprehensive new proposal for a ceasefire to end its war with hamas. it includes a first phase which would include a six week temporary ceasefire in gaza that would see the release of some hostages being held in gaza, in exchange for palestinians being held in israeli jails. this would pave the way for a second phase, and this is the key point in this proposal. president biden talked about a permanent ceasefire. in other words, the end of the war in gaza. that the americans would guarantee this permanent ceasefire. president biden also said hamas has been degraded to an extent that it doesn t have
gaza. the us has worked with mediators to negotiate an end to the war in which 36,000 gazans have now been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. it began after an attack on israel by hamas and other armed groups on october the 7th which killed 1200 people. for more on the details, our middle east correspondent sent this for report. correspondent sent this for re ort. , . ., report. president biden called it a comprehensive report. president biden called it a comprehensive proposal l report. president biden called l it a comprehensive proposal put forward by israel and presented to hamas. the key points are familiar, because they were included in earlier efforts to reach a deal in gaza. it includes a first phase which would include a six week temporary ceasefire in gaza which would see the release of some of the hostages being held in gaza, in exchange for palestinians held in israeli jails. this would pave the way for a second phase, and this is the key point
have been killed. an attack by hamas and other palestinian armed groups in israel on october 7th killed more than 1,100 people. mr biden said the israeli proposal is now with hamas. he called on the group to accept it, while urging israeli leaders to stand behind the proposal in what the us president says is a decisive moment. i know there are those in israel who will not agree with this plan and will call for the war with this plan and will call for the war to continue indefinitely. some, some are even in the government coalition. and they ve made it clear they want to occupy gaza. they want to keep fighting for years and the hostages are not a priority to them. well, i ve urged the leadership in israel to stand behind this deal despite whatever pressure comes. after the speech, israeli prime minister benjamin negotiators to present a gaza truce deal. playback hamas also released a statement. playback hamas also released a statement- statement. this also comes as the to s
trying to appease other people. they tried to present it as him being, you know, a bold leader on this issue. i think in reality he knows that he s losing and donald trump is setting the tone on this issue, and i don t see that changing any time soon. we ll certainly watch the fallout in the weeks and months ahead. msnbc political analyst brendan buck, thank you as always. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. right now millions of americans are getting blasted by a heat wave. when you show the weather app it shows the middle finger emoji. so hat in maine the lobsters will be getting in pots just to cool down. [ applause ] it s so hot in new york this week the rats are wearing crop tops. [ laughter ] it is so hot in south dakota, kristi noem s dog good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s a very going to be a very hot wednesday, june 19th. jooernt. we ll bring in the former communications
pandemic. it s the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class, in decades, in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. this is a critical moment. this is a moment where we have to make sure that the american people know what s in this plan. they understand what s in this plan. and by the way, this bill is 90 some percent coronavirus centric. this is similar to the bill that we wrote in may, the heroes act, some of which was implemented in december, much of it now. so in a moment i m going to talk to democratic congresswoman jackie speier about covid and what is next for her party. while democrats are focusing on covid relief, the republican party has hoped to find the issue they hope will blunt that, immigration. kevin mccarthy about to lead a fact finding mission to the border as republicans step up the rhetoric on the issue. is the biden open border policies that are inviting even more ill