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US still confident Gaza ceasefire to begin on Sunday
16 January 2025 17:38 GMT
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that he is confident a Gaza ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas will begin on Sunday as expected, despite a last-minute glitch.
Blinken, in his last news conference as the US top diplomat, said he had been speaking to US negotiator Brett McGurk and Qatari officials on Thursday morning to resolve the issue.
"It's not exactly surprising that in a process and negotiation that has been this challenging and this fraught, you may get a loose end," he said. "We're tying up that loose end as we speak."
Reporting by Reuters