Blinken travels to Israel to seek truce with Hamas

WASHINGTON.- Antony BlinkenUS Secretary of State traveled to Israel to negotiate a truce in Gaza Strip.

The trip comes after the Islamic militant group Hamas rejected US proposals in negotiations for a truce.

This is the American’s ninth trip to the Middle East since the war began on October 7.

Blinken travels to Israel to seek truce with Hamas

Blinken will arrive in Israel on Sunday to meet with Israeli leaders on Monday, ahead of the resumption of negotiations for a truce with Hamas.

USA, Qatar y Egypt They will be the mediating countries in the negotiations.

While President Joe Biden said a deal was “close,” Hamas called the claim an “illusion.”

“We are not facing a real agreement or negotiations, but rather the imposition of American dictates,” he said. Sami Abu Zohria member of Hamas’s political bureau.

Ahead of Blinken’s trip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office called for “strong pressure” on the terrorist group to achieve a breakthrough.

During his visit to Israel, Blinken will seek to “conclude the ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages and detainees,” the State Department said.

Peace proposal in Gaza rejected

Last Friday, the US presented a new proposal for an agreement, but Hamas rejected it and demanded that the one presented by Biden at the end of May be implemented.

The proposal consisted of three phases:

The first consists of a six-week ceasefire, during which Israeli forces will withdraw from the occupied areas. Fringe.

In addition, 600 trucks carrying humanitarian aid will be allowed in every day. During this phase, they are also demanding the release of women and children held hostage.

In the second phase, which will not begin until the agreements of the first stage are successfully implemented, a plan will be created for the exchange of all living hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

The third phase is to devise a reconstruction plan. Gaza Stripnow reduced to rubble after constant Israeli bombings.

This final phase will also include the repatriation of the bodies of the deceased hostages.

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