CAIRO — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Middle East on Monday as a proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal hangs in the balance after the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza in a major military raid and turmoil in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
He said the plan on the table is the “single best way” to get to a cease-fire, release the remaining hostages and improve regional security. “It’s hard to say how Hamas will process this particular operation and what it will do to its determination about whether it will say yes or not,” Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Sunday. “We have not gotten a formal answer from Hamas at this time.”
“We are hopeful that with enough of a chorus, the international community all speaking with one voice, Hamas will get to the right answer,” Sullivan told ABC's “This Week.”Although the deal has been described as an Israeli initiative and thousands of Israelis have demonstrated in support of it, Israelihas expressed skepticism, saying what has been presented publicly is not accurate and that Israel is still committed to destroying Hamas.
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