CIA Director William Burns, the chief US negotiator trying to help secure a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages by Hamas, says a more detailed proposal on the proposal will be made in the coming days but will require both sides to make some tough decisions.
“We will make this more detailed proposal, I hope in the next several days, and then we’ll see,” Burns says at a Financial Times event in London, alongside his British counterpart, MI6 Chief Richard Moore.
“I cannot tell you how close we are right now,” Burns says.
He says that while 90 percent of the text has been agreed between the warring sides, “the last 10% is the last 10% for a reason, because it’s the hardest part to do.”
Burns says ending the conflict will require “some hard choices and some political compromises” from both Israel and Hamas.
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