Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office that he accepted the latest proposed agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages still being held by Hamas. The information was reported by the Times of Israel and comes after a three-hour meeting in Jerusalem on Monday between the Israeli prime minister and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“The prime minister reiterated Israel’s commitment to the current American proposal for the release of our hostages, which takes into account Israel’s security needs, and which he insists on strongly,” Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement issued in Hebrew and English.
The US Secretary of State said in a press conference that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the US “bridge proposal” to reach an agreement with Hamas. Blinken said, at the end of the conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister, that the meeting with Netanyahu was “very constructive.”
“Israel accepts the proposal,” he said, presented by the United States last week in Doha. “Now Hamas must do the same,” he added. Blinken says the two sides must “come together to complete the process of reaching clear understandings on how to implement the commitments they made under this agreement.”
“The next important step is for Hamas to say yes,” he said, adding that the United States was committed to making the deal come to fruition. “There is a deep sense of urgency to do that,” he said.
Head of North American Diplomacy On Sunday, a series of contacts began in Israel.To try to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. This is what the US Secretary of State said, Monday, in Tel Aviv “This may be the last chance.” A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
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