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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the war in Gaza will go on after Hamas proposed “numerous” changes to a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan, some that he said were “workable” and some not.
Speaking to reporters in Qatar on Wednesday, Blinken said the U.S. and other mediators will keep trying to “close this deal.”
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a massive barrage of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday to avenge the killing of a top commander, further escalating regional tensions as the fate of an internationally-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza hung in the balance.
Hezbollah, an Iran-backed ally of Hamas, has traded fire with Israel nearly every day since the 8-month-long Israel-Hamas war began and says it will only stop if there is a truce in Gaza. That has raised fears of an even more devastating regional conflagration.
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