US secretary of state hails ‘hopeful sign’ of endorsement after meeting Israeli officials to discuss UN-approved deal
, said endorsement of the UN security council ceasefire resolution by Hamas officials was a “hopeful sign”, but the group’s leadership in Gaza needed to sign off on the deal.
Blinken met opposition leaders on Tuesday morning, and spoke privately with hostages’ families, before travelling to Jordan for an emergency summit on humanitarian aid forHe had been in Egypt on Monday, and is expected to visit Qatar in this trip as well; both countries have served as key mediators with Hamas., was unveiled by the US president, Joe Biden, at the end of May.
Senior officials from the group on Tuesday welcomed the resolution and said it was ready to negotiate details, news agencies reported. A spokesperson, Jihad Taha, said Israel was “stalling and procrastinating and creating obstacles” so it could continue fighting.Monday’s vote was the first time a deeply divided security council has endorsed a comprehensive plan for Gaza. Palestinian support for the US resolution made it much harder diplomatically for Russia or China to veto it.
That has increased the weight of hardline extremists, who want to keep fighting and have said they would resign if Netanyahu accepts a deal. That would remove his majority in parliament and potentially force Israel to hold elections. The operation brought the total freed in military operations to just seven, a tiny proportion of the 250 people captured in the Hamas cross-border attacks on 7 October, when militants also killed about 1,200 Israelis.
Biden had previously said he hoped to reach a ceasefire deal for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which fell in spring. Instead Israel readied its forces for a ground invasion of the southern city of Rafah.
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