“I can’t say more, but I can say that very important and productive work has been completed and there is real hope for the future,” said Mr Blinken.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke on Monday of “real hope” that the hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian Islamist movement’s military arm attacked Israel on October 7 will soon be freed.
“I can’t say more, but I can say that very important and productive work has been completed and there is real hope for the future,” Mr. Blinken said during a press conference about weekend contacts in Paris between US officials. , Israel, Egypt and Qatar.
“Hamas will have to make its own decisions. I can just tell you that there is good and strong alignment among the countries involved that this is a correct and strong proposal,” added the head of American diplomacy.
Qatar’s prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, referred to “remarkable progress” following the weekend talks in the French capital.
According to him, a proposal for the declaration of a new truce in the Palestinian enclave and the release of the hostages will be transferred to Hamas.
Qatar, with the cooperation of Egypt and the US, has been leading mediation efforts since the outbreak of war on October 7. In total, according to the Israeli authorities, 132 hostages remain in the Gaza Strip, of which at least 28 are believed to be dead.
Source :Skai
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