“The United States does not accept any long-term occupation of Gaza by Israel. More specifically, the agreement is very clear on the schedule and the locations of withdrawals from Gaza, and Israel has agreed to that,” Blinken said declining to elaborate.

The US top diplomat also confirmed that he personally received approval of the terms of the agreement from the Israeli regime’s criminal prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu the day before, TASS reported.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Qatar on Tuesday as part of a West Asia tour to allegedly push forward talks aimed at ending the 10-month-old Gaza war.

While the United Nations special rapporteurs on Palestinian affairs have repeatedly condemned Washington’s continued support of Israel’s genocide, Washington says that the purpose of Blinken’s visit to the region is to “establish a ceasefire in Gaza”.

Washington put forward the latest proposal last week after the talks in Doha.

Ahead of those talks, Hamas called on the mediators to implement the framework set out by US President Joe Biden in late May, rather than hold more negotiations.

Hamas movement said on Sunday that the current US proposal “responds to Netanyahu’s conditions”.

At the weekend, Hamas political bureau member Sami Abu Zuhri said US optimism about the prospects for the deal was an “illusion”.

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