The US government assumes that the timetable of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal will be adhered to, despite a dispute over details. "I fully expect that implementation will begin, as we said, on Sunday,

Netanyahu said a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of the long-awaited ceasefire agreement. His office did not elaborate.

Blinken and Biden face mounting contradictions as their narrative of Israeli success in Gaza clashes with the continued strength of Hamas.

The Gaza Strip ceasefire should begin on Sunday as planned, despite the need for negotiators to tie up a "loose end" at the last minute, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

This 42-day ceasefire aims to halt the 15-month conflict and facilitate the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Antony Blinken was interrupted as he gave his final comments State Department’s briefing room. As he touted the Biden administration’s help brokering a ceasefire deal in Gaza, two journalists accused him of complicity in Israeli violence.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is confident a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would move forward on Sunday despite a "last-minute crisis."

Rifts with Hamas and a far-right minister’s threat to resign complicated progress toward the Israeli cabinet’s vote on the deal, which includes the release of hostages.

Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal, with State Department employees forcibly removing reporters who accused the cabinet official of allowing a “genocide” in Gaza.

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The top US diplomat says an upcoming ceasefire in the Gaza Strip should begin as planned, though the deal has yet to be ratified by Israel and attacks on the enclave have continued.

We’re tying up that loose end as we speak,’ Anthony Blinken said. Meanwhile, some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza for months continued.