TEL AVIV/CAIRO: Top US diplomat Antony Blinken on Monday said Israel has accepted a US "bridging proposal" for a Gaza truce deal, and pressed Hamas to do the same, having earlier said the talks may be the "last opportunity" for a ceasefire.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to media at the David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug 19, 2024. TEL AVIV/CAIRO: Top US diplomat Antony Blinken on Monday said Israel has accepted a US"bridging proposal" for a Gaza truce deal, and pressed Hamas to do the same, having earlier said the talks may be the"last opportunity" for a ceasefire.
Months of on-off negotiations with US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators have failed to produce an agreement "There is, I think, a real sense of urgency here, across the region, on the need to get this over the finish line and to do it as soon as possible", Blinken said.rare bombing took place in Tel Aviv
The Oct 7 attack on southern Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,198 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. Netanyahu said on Monday that negotiators were aiming to"release a maximum number of living hostages" in the first phase of any ceasefire.
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