The White House said Wednesday it is as “as close” as it has ever been to reaching a cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.
“There is a good proposal before both sides, and they need to both accept that proposal so we can get this in place,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.
“We are as close as we think we have ever been."
All parties “agreed on the urgency of bringing this process to closure,” Blinken said. “Concluding that agreement and avoiding any action that could somehow disrupt it is the only path to ending the conflict in Gaza and bringing calm to the region. It’s critical that all parties work to finalize an agreement as soon as possible.”
Hamas still holds some 115 hostages that Israel wants free in return for an exchange of Palestinian prisoners and a temporary cease-fire in Gaza where more than 39,000 people have died since the war began on Oct.
7, per local health officials.
Kirby said Wednesday that the U.S. was working “really hard with intense diplomacy to try to avoid an escalation” in the Middle East and get the cease-fire and hostage release deal sealed.
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@WalrusTaylorRepublican2yrs2Y
@9RYBNZ82yrs2Y
Which is to say, he's trying to get Israel to agree but they're ignoring him, and he's unwilling to put his foot down over it
I think our current president. Is everything in his power to resolve the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
@VengefulV0t1ngVeteran2yrs2Y
So nowhere near complete then...
Cool, cool.
@9RYBHZX2yrs2Y
Hamas & Israel are not likely to agree without US intervention, so the fact the U.S. is publicly trying to strike a deal between the two is encouraging
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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@LuminousCoyoteVeteran2yrs2Y
So, no change from "Palestine will be destroyed and its people exterminated" from the israeli genociders.
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