Blinken demands Hamas say yes to Gaza ceasefire with Israel

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday called on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to accept the latest ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip, where in a few 24 hours the war will complete seven months, while he reiterated Washington's opposition to a ground attack. Israel's large-scale settlement in Rafah, which Benjamin Netanyahu's government says it will go ahead with anyway. Anthony Blinken, who continued to Israel on his seventh mission to the Middle East since the outbreak of war on October 7, said he was determined to secure a ceasefire agreement “now” that would be accompanied by the release of Israeli hostages still being held in the Palestinian enclave. “There is a very good proposal on the table at the moment. Hamas must say yes,” Mr Blinken said in Tel Aviv, against a backdrop of Israeli protesters opposing the war. The rejection of this proposal by the Palestinian Islamist movement would be proof that it does not […]
Source: News Beast

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