Blinken calls from Israel to deliver aid to Gaza and meets with Abbas in the West Bank. Israeli media: Netanyahu informed Blinken that Israel cannot end the war before eliminating the Hamas force.
“There is a lot of work to be done, but we are very focused on doing that, and we hope that we can resume the hostage release that has been halted,” Blinken said. Hamas responded that it had submitted its response to the framework agreement that was formulated at the quadripartite meeting in Paris to both Qatar and Egypt.