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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Blinken says he wants truce agreement ‘now,’ blames Hamas for delay
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) meets with President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv, May 1, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renews calls for Hamas to accept a truce and hostage deal as he starts talks with Israel’s leadership.
“Even in these very difficult times we are determined to get a ceasefire that brings the hostages home — and to get it now. And the only reason that that wouldn’t be achieved is because of Hamas,” Blinken says as he meets President Isaac Herzog.
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