Biden administration will "very closely" monitor to ensure that Hamas adheres to the agreement, according to a White House official

According to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, the Biden administration will monitor how the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas is carried out.

“Nobody's doing touchdown dances here. Now's the time for everybody to watch very, very closely. Because this is this is going to come down now to implementation and execution,” Kirby said in a virtual briefing for the American Jewish community.

According to Kirby, the administration will be keeping a "very close" eye on Hamas to make sure it fulfills its half of the hostage agreement.

In addition, Kirby provided some context for the remaining ten American hostages, stating that they are all thought to be being held captive at the moment.

“We know there’s 10 unaccounted-for Americans — we don’t know that all of them are hostages but that’s the assumption that we’re making. So somewhere in that neighborhood,” he said.

According to the terms of the release agreement, three Americans would fall into the category of women and children. The US is hopeful that the three "will be in at least one of the increments."