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Hamas slams Blinken's claim on Gaza proposal

Israel strikes Hezbollah target in Lebanon

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Senior "Hamas" Osama Hamdan criticized US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's statement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted an updated proposal.

He stated that it "raises many ambiguities and ambiguities”, as it “is not what was presented to us, nor what we agreed on,”, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.

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Hamdan told Reuters that "Hamas" has already confirmed to the mediators that "we do not need new talks on a ceasefire in Gaza, we need to agree on an implementation mechanism.“

Hamdan also told Reuters that the new head of "Hamas" Yahya Sinwar has always been involved in the decision-making process in the process of discussing the Gaza ceasefire negotiations.

"Due to the security conditions, communication with Sinuar has tools and mechanisms, but they still function smoothly,” Hamdan added in an interview with Reuters.

Meanwhile, Israel struck the eastern part of Lebanon, in the Bekaa Valley, where a weapons depot of "Hezbollah" is located, the Israeli military announced, Reuters reported, as quoted by BTA.

There were no casualties in the strike, two security sources told Reuters.

Lebanon's Ministry of Health reported that of the eight injured, six were Lebanese citizens and two were Syrian children.

The Israeli military said its air force struck a number of Hezbollah weapons storage facilities. in the Bekaa Valley region of Lebanon.

"As a result of the strikes, there were secondary explosions indicating the presence of large quantities of weapons at the sites struck,”, the Israeli military said in a statement.

They reported earlier strikes in Deir Qanun and Tayyibe that targeted a high-ranking commander in the "Hezbollah" missile forces. and a cell operating from the group's military base.

On Saturday, the Israeli military said it had carried out an airstrike on a weapons depot used by fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, killing at least 10 people, including two children.