Post by sevenofnine on May 1, 2024 11:19:13 GMT -5
I think Israel could still have ceasfire but still invaded Rafah
Blinken meets hostage families, urges Hamas to accept deal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Hamas to accept a "very strong" cease-fire offer and said returning hostages to their families was a top priority.
The diplomat, who is on his seventh trip to the region since the conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out in October, was greeted outside his Tel Aviv hotel by Israelis waving US flags and chanting, "Thank you, Biden! Thank you, Blinken!"
"There is a very strong proposal on the table right now. Hamas needs to say yes, and needs to get this done," Blinken told the crowd. "We will not rest until everyone — men, women, soldier, civilian, young, old — is back home."
Blinken also met privately with the families of the hostages taken by Hamas militants on October 7, telling them that freeing their loved ones was "at the heart of everything we're trying to do."
Meanwhile, after meeting with Blinken, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid insisted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "doesn't have any political e
www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-the-time-is-now-for-truce-blinken-says/live-68967261
Blinken meets hostage families, urges Hamas to accept deal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Hamas to accept a "very strong" cease-fire offer and said returning hostages to their families was a top priority.
The diplomat, who is on his seventh trip to the region since the conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out in October, was greeted outside his Tel Aviv hotel by Israelis waving US flags and chanting, "Thank you, Biden! Thank you, Blinken!"
"There is a very strong proposal on the table right now. Hamas needs to say yes, and needs to get this done," Blinken told the crowd. "We will not rest until everyone — men, women, soldier, civilian, young, old — is back home."
Blinken also met privately with the families of the hostages taken by Hamas militants on October 7, telling them that freeing their loved ones was "at the heart of everything we're trying to do."
Meanwhile, after meeting with Blinken, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid insisted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "doesn't have any political e
www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-the-time-is-now-for-truce-blinken-says/live-68967261
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