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TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed calls for Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal on Wednesday as he...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Wednesday on Hamas to accept a "very strong" ceasefire-for-hostages offer by Israel as he vowed to put a priority on families seeking to reunite with loved ones.

President Biden is pushing Hamas to release some hostages for a six-week cease-fire, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will do a major assault in Rafah “with or without” a deal.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the rounds of senior Israeli officials on Wednesday after stops in Amman and Riyadh.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday kicked off a series of meetings with Israeli leaders discussing how to get more humanitarian aid into Gaza while at the same time repeatedly urged Palestinian Hamas group to accept a deal offer that will release hostages and achieve a ceasefire. Following visits to Riyadh and Amman earlier this week, the top US diplomat is now in Israel for the final stop of his wider Middle East tour, Reuters said. It is Blinken's seventh visit to the regio...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, pushing to get more aid into Gaza, while urging Hamas to accept a deal that would halt fighting and bring some hostages home from the enclave.

The prime minister reiterates that a "permanent ceasefire" will not happen before Hamas is destroyed in Gaza.

US secretary of state urges Hamas to accept deal that would halt fighting and see some Israeli hostages freed

‘We are determined to get a ceasefire that brings hostages home and to get it now,’ says US secretary of state

Hamas has not yet responded to the latest proposal, which reportedly includes a 40-day ceasefire.