Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East to push for a Gaza cease-fire, despite concerns that Hamas and Israel will seek to scuttle the proposal.
By John Hudson, The Washington PostUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaks to reporters after his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, at Cairo airport, Egypt, Monday, June 10, 2024.
Blinken made the remarks after a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in Cairo, his first stop on a four-country swing through the Middle East aimed at boosting support for the proposed deal and brokering agreements on how Gaza will be governed once the fighting stops.freed four hostages but killed more than 200 Palestiniansfrom Hamas.
But the strategy hasn’t paid off yet. Netanyahu responded to Biden’s speech by insisting that Israel won’t agree to a permanent cease-fire without the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capacity. Hamas, meanwhile, is pushing for more guarantees that the deal will lead to a permanent cease-fire, according to four officials who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive discussions.
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