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Monday, September 9, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, September 9, 2024
Official: Israel still expects US to present new hostage deal proposal
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Pro-Israel activists hold a banner with the photos of six hostages executed by Hamas in Gaza, while calling for the release of the remaining Israelis abducted by the Palestinian terror group on October 7, in Central Park, in New York City, on September 8, 2024. (Hostages Families Forum/ Amnon Shemi, Liri Agami)
An Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that Jerusalem still expects a new US proposal for a hostage deal to be presented at some point.
“We are waiting,” says the official. “The Americans are being cautious, they don’t want to put forward a deal that they know will be rejected by Hamas. They know that Hamas is the one putting obstacles in the way.”
“Just because it’s not happening soon doesn’t mean it won’t happen,” says the official, after sources told Channel 12 yesterday that the chances for a deal based on the May proposal were “close to zero.”
