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Thursday, July 24, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Kerry urges Hamas allies to press truce
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to his counterparts in Qatar and Turkey, which support terrorist organization Hamas, as he presses for a Gaza ceasefire.
Kerry — who is in Egypt, which has drafted a truce proposal for the Israel-Hamas conflict — spoke by phone with the foreign ministers of Qatar and Turkey, a US official says.
The top US diplomat is hoping Qatar and Turkey will use their influence to encourage Hamas to accept a ceasefire plan, which the Islamist group has so far rejected, the official says.
Kerry also speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after meeting him for two hours last night.
— AFP
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