Blinken is in Israel to advance a hostage deal with the hope of holding an end-game set of talks in Cairo at the end of the week.
"This is the last opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a ceasefire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security,"
The US proposal essentially corresponds to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a permanent ceasefire and a refusal to allow for the IDF to fully withdraw from Gaza, Hamas said.
A decade after ISIS’s genocidal campaign, the Yazidi community remains deeply scarred, struggling with displacement, mental health issues, and ongoing sectarian conflict.
While approving weapons to Israel, Washington has also tried to arrange a ceasefire deal in Gaza that would potentially stave off a wider Middle East war.
McGurk, Hochstein to visit the Middle East, while Blinken’s trip was reportedly nixed.
US hopes that a ceasefire will also end the cross-border violence between the IDF and Hezbollah along Israel’s northern border.
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