Hamas says Biden remark about group backing away from Gaza truce deal ‘misleading’

“The proposal recently presented to us goes against what the parties had agreed on July 2, this is considered an American response and acquiescence to the terrorist Netanyahu’s new conditions and his criminal plans towards the Gaza Strip”, Hamas added, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on his ninth trip to the region since the war began, expressed optimism after meeting Israeli officials on Monday.

On Tuesday, Blinken was in Cairo pushing for areas of possible progress on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in talks planned for later this week, with major areas of dispute still unresolved.

The US had put forward bridging proposals that the mediating countries – Qatar, the United States and Egypt – believe would close gaps between Israel and Hamas and end the hostilities that have destabilized the entire region.