Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan reiterates the group's stance that it was Israel that was rejecting proposals and accuses the US administration of going along with its close ally
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Blinken offered the downbeat assessment after meeting senior leaders in Qatar, who along with Egyptian officials have mediated indirect talks between the two sides in a bid to end the war, which began when Hamas stormed into Israel on 7 October.