US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration will not accept Hamas’s proposal for a 60-day truce in which half of the hostages are released, which the terror group is slated to present to Washington in a letter in the coming days.
A source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel yesterday that the letter would be sent to US President Donald Trump via Qatar once it is signed by Hamas’s leadership.
“I don’t know who they gave that letter to. It wouldn’t have mattered, though, because the president has been clear… He’s not interested in 60 days, 10 people. He wants all the hostages out, all 48, including the 20 who are alive and the 28 who are deceased,” Rubio tells Fox News when asked about the letter.
“He would have rejected that offer had it come, but we haven’t seen that letter,” Rubio adds.
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