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Appearing to deny report that Hamas has accepted draft proposal, Blinken says mediators still await response
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appears to deny reports that Hamas has accepted a final ceasefire proposal, asserting that the terror group has yet to give a final answer to the deal on the table.
“It’s right on the brink. It’s closer than it’s ever been before, but right now… we await final word from Hamas on its acceptance, and until we get that word, it will remain on the brink,” Blinken says in an on-stage interview, shortly after giving an address on his Mideast policy at the Atlantic Council.
“That could come anytime. It could come in the hours ahead. It could come in the days ahead,” he adds.
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