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Middle East crisis live: Blinken says ‘maybe the last opportunity’ to get hostages out of Gaza

After landing in Tel Aviv, US secretary of state says it is a ‘decisive moment’ for the truce talks ahead of meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu

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We have more of what Antony Blinken said in Tel Aviv.

“This is a decisive moment – probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a ceasefire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security,” Agence France-Presse quoted the top US diplomat as saying during a meeting with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog.

It’s also time to make sure that no one takes any steps that could derail this process.

We’re working to make sure that there is no escalation, that there are no provocations, that there are no actions that in any way could move us away from getting this deal over the line, or, for that matter, escalating the conflict to other places, and to greater intensity.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More After landing in Tel Aviv, US secretary of state says it is a ‘decisive moment’ for the truce talks ahead of meeting with Benjamin NetanyahuSee all our Middle East crisis coverageWe have more of what Antony Blinken said in Tel Aviv.“This is a decisive moment – probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a ceasefire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security,” Agence France-Presse quoted the top US diplomat as saying during a meeting with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog.It’s also time to make sure that no one takes any steps that could derail this process.We’re working to make sure that there is no escalation, that there are no provocations, that there are no actions that in any way could move us away from getting this deal over the line, or, for that matter, escalating the conflict to other places, and to greater intensity. Continue reading…