US President Joe Biden served pumpkin pies to firefighters on Thursday to celebrate "Thanksgiving and expressed his hope for the release of hostages during the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas.”
Biden, who is spending the Thanksgiving holiday with his family on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts, spent part of his time speaking to foreign leaders about the war.
He told reporters during his visit to the fire station yesterday, Thursday, that he would not reveal any developments regarding the hostages before Friday, but he hoped that a three-year-old American girl would be among those released first.
Biden’s spending the Thanksgiving holiday on Nantucket is a family tradition that has continued for decades.
After serving pancakes with his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, they returned to their accommodation during the trip, a house owned by their friend David Rubenstein, the billionaire and co-founder of the private equity giant Carlyle.
