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Blinken Says ‘Time Is of the Essence’ for Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
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0:53Now PlayingSecretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East late Tuesday having failed to secure a deal to halt fighting between Hamas and Israel, highlighting how the two sides remain sharply divided despite US officials’ insistence that an agreement is close.
After a day spent meeting with Egyptian and Qatari officials, Blinken reiterated that Israel had agreed to what the top US diplomat called a “bridging” agreement that would create space for the two sides to hammer out the details of a cease-fire introduced by President Joe Biden in May. Now it’s Hamas’s turn, he said.
“Time is of the essence,” Blinken told reporters on the airport tarmac in Doha, minutes before beginning the trip home to the US. “Israel has now accepted that proposal — I heard that directly from Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday — and we hope and expect Hamas will do the same.”
It was Blinken’s ninth trip to the region since the conflict began with Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and the result was just the same: Israel and Hamas unable to set aside their disagreements to halt the fighting. Stymied in the push for an enduring cease-fire, Blinken had come to the region this week with the more modest proposal aimed at building common ground and easing the violence.
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