U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs for Doha, at Cairo East Airport, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday.
Israel's chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday that 31 of the remaining hostages held in Gaza were pronounced dead. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been pushing for progress on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal and met Tuesday with leaders of Egypt and Qatar.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs for Doha, at Cairo East Airport, in Cairo on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been pushing for progress on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal and met Tuesday with leaders of Egypt and Qatar — key U.S. allies who often serve as mediators between Israel and Hamas. "I would say that the negotiating effort is still ongoing," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. "We aren't at a place where we have finality on it."
"We know that air defence capabilities are a key critical need for the Israelis as rockets continue to get launched against them and targets in Israel and they have expended quite a bit of air defence munition," Kirby said. "We have got to do more to help replenish their stocks."U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday acknowledged that Hamas has responded to the proposal to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza in return for an extended pause in fighting.
Israel's offensive has laid waste to much of the densely populated Gaza Strip and killed 27,478 Palestinians, according to health officials in the territory. Rights groups have accused Israel of using disproportionate force. A quarter of Gaza's residents are starving and 85 per cent of the population has been driven from their homes, with hundreds of thousands surviving in makeshift tent camps.Israeli protesters have once again blocked humanitarian aid destined for Gaza despite the military declaring a closed zone around the main crossing.
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