Biden admin slams Hamas for rejecting UN-approved ceasefire

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Hamas terrorists for rejecting the recent ceasefire proposal and prolonging the war in the Middle East. The plan had been backed by the United Nations.

Blinken said that the Palestinian terror group could have ended the war by accepting the US-drafted agreement that was nearly identical to the one Hamas laid out last month. Instead, they inserted more demands, while simultaneously insisting on a ceasefire. Blinken asserted that the proposed demands were nonstarters, and expressed extreme frustration about the matter.

Speaking to reporters from Doha, Qatar, Blinken applauded Israel for accepting the ceasefire proposal that the whole "world was behind," saying that "Hamas could have answered with a single word: 'Yes.'"


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