Blinken demands Hamas accept ‘generous’ Gaza ceasefire deal during Saudi Arabia trip as Israel reduces number of hostages they want released in return [Video]

11:14 EDT 29 Apr 2024, updated 13:50 EDT 29 Apr 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pushing Hamas to promptly accept an ‘extraordinarily generous’ ceasefire proposal, saying they must describe ‘quickly’.

The nation’s top diplomat was in Saudi Arabia for talks after the White House continues to press Israel not to undertake what it says would be a destructive incursion into Rafah. 

Israel has ‘assured us that they won’t go into Rafah until we’ve had a chance to really share our perspectives and our concerns with them,’ national security spokesman John Kirby told ABC News Sunday, on a day when President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

So we’ll see where that goes,’ he said. 

‘Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of Israel,’ Blinken said as he meets leaders from around the region while attending a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Riyadh.