Andrea Mitchell is chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News.
The recent rescue of four hostages will likely complicate U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s effort to release the remaining hostages and achieve a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, according to a senior administration official. The freeing of the hostages has strengthened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s determination to continue pursuing military operations, rather than agreeing to a cease-fire, the official told NBC News.
Another complication for the diplomatic effort is Sunday’s resignation of the centrist member of Israel’s war cabinet, retired General Benny Gantz. In resigning, Gantz accused Netanyahu of mismanaging the war and refusing to agree on what will happen to Gaza after the hostilities end. The Biden administration had tried to persuade Gantz not to quit because his absence will only strengthen Netanyahu’s ties to the far-right members of his coalition.
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