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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and release of remaining hostages by Hamas is near the "goal line." "I believe we're inside the 10-yard line and driving toward the goal line" on an "agreement that would produce a ceasefire, get the hostages home, and put us on a better track to trying to build lasting peace and stability," Blinken says at a forum in Colorado. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voices hope for a deal to free hostages from Gaza but said more work was needed after briefing Israeli leaders on a Qatari-brokered proposal. IMAGES
"We are now at the closest we ever have been at reaching an agreement. We are very optimistic, we are very hopeful. But we are also very keen for this mediation to succeed in reaching a humanitarian truce" says Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari during a press conference in Doha. IMAGES
Mourners in Tel Aviv attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Kiril Brodski after the army retrieved his remains from Gaza Strip following an operation, along with other four Israelis. The five had previously been announced dead, and the military and an Israeli campaign group, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, said that they all had been killed by Palestinian militants on the day of the attack on October 7. IMAGES
Supporters and families of hostages rally at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square to demand the release of their relatives held captive in the Gaza Strip following Hamas's attacks on October 7. The rally comes as the Israeli army announced it rescued four hostages from a central Gaza refugee camp after a "complex daytime operation" which authorities in Hamas-run Gaza said left dozens dead. IMAGES
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