US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, as he left Cairo for Israel, that he was urging leaders in the region to press Hamas to say yes to a ceasefire proposal to halt fighting in Gaza. Blinken said Hamas was the only outlier in not accepting the proposal for a three-phase deal involving the release of hostages and talks toward an end to fighting, to which he said Israel had agreed. Blinken had met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram:
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