White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the Hamas response to the latest hostage agreement framework is “within the bounds of the deal that we’ve been working on for several months.”
“The fact that there’s another delegation heading to Doha… the fact that this proposal is out there, that there are conversations about it, that’s all good,” Kirby says during a press briefing.
“It’s within the broad brushstrokes of the deal that we’ve been talking about,” Kirby reiterates.
Kirby says the US will not be sending a delegation to the next meeting between negotiators in Doha but that the administration remains engaged on the matter.
“We’re cautiously optimistic that things are moving in a good direction, but that doesn’t mean that it’s done, and we’re going to have to stay at this to the very, very end,” he adds.
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