Senior Hamas official says Blinken trying to pressure terror group to take truce deal, absolve Israel

CAIRO, Egypt — Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri says that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments blaming the terror group for a failure to reach a truce and hostage deal are an attempt to put pressure on it and acquit Israel.

Abu Zuhri also tells Reuters that the group was still studying the recent ceasefire offer.

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