He Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuy Hamas They accused each other of being responsible for the failure of mediators to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gazawhen the visit begins to Israel of the secretary of State of the administration Biden, Antony Blinken.
Netanyahu urged the international community to pressure the Palestinian Islamist group to agree to a truce in Gaza, on the eve of a meeting with The blinkwho arrived in Israel yesterday.
Hamas, for its part, blamed Netanyahu of “obstructing” the agreement after the last round of negotiations in Doha.
“We consider Benjamin Netanyahu “We bear full responsibility for the failure of the mediators’ efforts, for obstructing an agreement and for the lives of the hostages, who are in the same danger as our people,” the Islamist group said in a statement.
However, the American president, Joe Biden, He said that a truce was “still possible” and that his country would not “give up” in its efforts to achieve it, as indicated by Blinken’s presence in the region.
This is the ninth trip by the head of US diplomacy to the Middle East since the start of the war in the small Palestinian territory.
Blinken will meet separately with Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and President Isaac Herzog before taking off for Egypt, an official said.
The EU presented a new proposal for an agreement on Friday, but the Islamist movement rejects any revised initiative and demands the implementation of the plan announced by Biden at the end of May.
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