US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Tel Aviv, a visit aimed at intensifying diplomatic pressure to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza to end the months-long bloodshed between Israel and Hamas.
The Israel i Prime Minister has accused Hamas of being 'obstinate' as the US Secretary of State lands in the nation for fresh ceasefire talks.
Mr Blinken is expected to meet the Israeli prime minister on Monday in a renewed bid to avert a wider conflict breaking out because of a rising of tensions in the region after rise in skirmishes on the Israel-Lebanon border. The UN Security Council later endorsed the proposal, which would freeze fighting for an initial six weeks as Israeli hostages are exchanged for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and humanitarian aid enters the besieged Gaza Strip.
On Saturday, Netanyahu's office in a statement said Israeli negotiators have expressed 'cautious optimism' about reaching a Gaza truce deal. Read More Israel says it expects Britain and US to join them in attacking Iran if Tehran carries out strike But the stakes have risen since the late July killings in quick succession of Iran-backed militant leaders, including Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, and as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, deepened with a feared polio outbreak.
An attack on a home in Deir al-Balah killed a woman and her six children, including an 18-month-old and ten-year-old quintuplets.Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel that started the war resulted in the deaths of 1,198 people, mostly civilians.
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