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Monday, April 29, 2024
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Monday, April 29, 2024
Blinken says he hopes Hamas quickly accepts ‘extraordinarily generous’ Israeli hostage deal offer
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-US Strategic Partnership discussing the humanitarian situation in Gaza, at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat in Riyadh on April 29, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he is hopeful Hamas would accept an “extraordinarily generous” offer to halt Israel’s offensive in Gaza in return for the release of hostages.
“Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of Israel,” Blinken says in Riyadh at the World Economic Forum. “And in this moment the only thing standing between the people of Gaza and a ceasefire is Hamas.”
“They have to decide — and they have to decide quickly,” Blinken says. “I’m hopeful that they will make the right decision.”
