Blinken urges Israel and Hamas to move ahead with a cease-fire deal and says 'the time is now'
by Matthew Lee and Sam Mednick
May 01, 2024
4 minutes
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying “the time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war in Gaza.
He said Hamas would bear the blame for any failure to get a deal off the ground.
Blinken is on his seventh visit to the region since the war erupted in October in his bid to secure what’s been an elusive deal between Israel and Hamas that could avert an are sheltering.
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