US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he believes “the gaps are narrowing” and a ceasefire agreement is “very much possible” between Hamas and Israel, the Saudi news channel Al Hadath reports, reports Al Jazeera.
“We worked very hard with Qatar, Egypt and Israel to put a strong proposal on the table … Hamas wouldn’t accept it. They came back with other demands. The negotiators are working on that right now, but I believe it’s very much doable, and it’s very much necessary,” he told the outlet.
Blinken added that if “Hamas cares at all about the people it purports to represent, then it would reach an agreement”.
An Israeli delegation is currently in Doha to meet with Egyptian, US and Qatari mediators to discuss a three-stage captives-for-ceasefire proposal tabled by Hamas.
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