Blinken says 'decisive moment' for Gaza ceasefire talks

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described the latest diplomatic push by the US to strike a deal between Hamas and Israel as “probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity” to secure the release of the Israeli captives in Gaza.

Speaking before meeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Blinken said Washington was also working “to get a ceasefire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security” amid concerns over a possible attack by Iran on Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran’s capital Tehran.