More cease-fire talks are set to take place in Cairo this week.
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, cease-fire discussions are occurring in the Middle East, with officials hoping to bring an end to the conflict.
"The focus of my visit is intensely on getting the hostages back, getting the cease-fire done," Blinken said. "It is time for everyone to get to 'yes' and to not look for any excuses to say 'no.'" Herzog said that in the last 24 hours, they have witnessed "ongoing terror attacks by Palestinian terrorists."
In a statement Sunday, Hamas leaders accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of putting "more conditions and obstacles in the way of reaching an agreement, in a way that serves his strategy to gain time and prolong the aggression."
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