Blinken presses Israel, Hamas on truce, says ’90 % agreed’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged both Israel and Hamas to finalize a Gaza truce, standing by US assessments that 90 percent of a deal was ready. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with Fox News on Thursday denied a US official’s assessment that 90 percent of a deal was ready, saying “it’s not close.”