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Blinken says intense efforts made to close ‘gaps that Hamas created’ on hostage deal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Hamas’s June response to Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal can “most charitably be described as ‘a yes, but,'” with the terror group “trying to impose new conditions, moving the line, actually coming back on positions that it had already agreed to and trying to get more.”
“We’ve been in an intense effort with the Egyptians, with the Qataris to see if we can close the gaps that Hamas created,” Blinken says during an on-stage interview at the Brookings Institution, acknowledging that ultimately it is up to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to decide whether the war will continue.
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