Secretary of State Antony Blinken is assembly with Israeli officers on Wednesday to talk about a potential deal to launch the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in return for an prolonged pause in combating. Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani stated that Hamas’s response to the proposal had typically been “optimistic,” though Blinken famous throughout a joint information convention on Tuesday that there was nonetheless “a number of work to be accomplished.”