Blinken and Biden face mounting contradictions as their narrative of Israeli success in Gaza clashes with the continued strength of Hamas.

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

The US government assumes that the timetable of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal will be adhered to, despite a dispute over details. "I fully expect that implementation will begin, as we said, on Sunday,

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.

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.

The Israeli cabinet will meet on Friday to approve a negotiated agreement with Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expects the ceasefire to take place on Sunday.

Journalists blasted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his final press conference with one telling him he should face trial for war crimes

Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal, with State Department employees forcibly removing reporters who accused the cabinet official of allowing a “genocide” in Gaza.

The dispute is over the identities of several prisoners Hamas is demanding be released. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ceasefire reached fifteen months after Israel vowed to wipe Hamas ‘off the face of the earth’ following 7 October attack

US Secretary Antony Blinken will visit Israel on Friday amid growing tensions over Israel’s plans for a major military campaign in Gaza's Rafah and a renewed push for a hostage deal. He will ...

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release ... ceasefire,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a speech Tuesday ...