AFP:US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he saw “encouraging signs” of progress toward a ceasefire in Gaza, urging Turkey to use its influence to encourage Hamas to accept.
“We discussed Gaza, and we discussed I think the opportunity […] to get a ceasefire in place. And what we’ve seen in the last couple of weeks are more encouraging signs that that is possible,” Blinken told reporters in Ankara.
“We talked about the imperative of Hamas saying ‘yes’ to the agreement that’s possible, to finally help bring this to an end,” he said.
