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Netanyahu said a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of the long-awaited ceasefire agreement. His office did not elaborate.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s farewell address was marred by heckling and yelling of protesters on Tuesday as he laid out plans for the post-war management of strife-torn Gaza strip.Antony Blinken said the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden administration would hand over the roadmap to President-elect Donald Trump’s team to pick up if a ceasefire deal is reached.

Antony Blinken was interrupted as he gave his final comments State Department’s briefing room. As he touted the Biden administration’s help brokering a ceasefire deal in Gaza, two journalists accused him of complicity in Israeli violence.

With the Biden administration on its way out the door, Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered on Tuesday an expansive vision of a revamped and revised Middle East, even as negotiators in Qatar were struggling to nail down an elusive ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip is "closer than it's ever been before," despite interruptions from protesters during his speech.

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said normalization ... through on ending the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and a commitment to a pathway to a Palestinian state.

The Gaza Strip ceasefire should begin on Sunday as planned, despite the need for negotiators to tie up a "loose end" at the last minute, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

A deal between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire in Gaza and release of hostages is "very close", mediator Qatar says,

Hours after media reports suggested that Hamas has agreed to a draft ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday appeared to deny such claims saying that the terror group has yet to give a final answer to the deal on the table,

This 42-day ceasefire aims to halt the 15-month conflict and facilitate the release of hostages held by Hamas.