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Israel-Hamas war: hope of a truce in Gaza on hold

2024-02-07T22:02:30.698Z

Highlights: Never before has an agreement on an “intermission” seemed so close since the last break, more than two months ago. Antony Blinken, the American Secretary of State, met this Wednesday, February 7, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “There is still a lot of work to be done, but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible and even essential,” said the head of American diplomacy, on his fifth trip to the region since the start of the war.


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How can we imagine the possibility of a truce between Israel and Hamas when the guns continue to roar in the south of the Gaza Strip?

However, never before has an agreement on an “intermission” seemed so close since the last break, more than two months ago.

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Antony Blinken, the American Secretary of State, met this Wednesday, February 7, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after having seen the Qatari and Egyptian leaders, other stakeholders in the negotiations, the day before.

“There is still a lot of work to be done, but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible and even essential,” said the head of American diplomacy, who is on his fifth trip to the region since the start of the war started on October 7 by the Hamas attack, responsible for the death of nearly 1,200 people in the south of the Hebrew state.

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Source: leparis

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