Lebanon's Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, rained rockets on northern Israel, a day after an Israeli strike killed one of its senior commanders.
DOHA - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said Wednesday that a truce and hostage release deal to end the Gaza war was still possible, wrapping up a Middle East tour as deadly fighting rocked the Palestinian territory.
A senior Hamas official, Osama Hamdan, said it sought"a permanent ceasefire and complete withdrawal" of Israeli troops from Gaza, demands rejected by Israel. Netanyahu's office said he was convening a"security assessment" on Wednesday"in light of the developments in the north and Hamas's negative response on the issue of the hostage release"."We have to see... over the course of the coming days whether those gaps are bridgeable," he said."He continues to talk about Israel's agreement of the latest proposal, but we have not heard any Israeli official speak out on this," Hamas said.
Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine threatened to"increase the intensity, strength, quantity and quality of our attacks".
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