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mr blinken said there s a lot of work to be done to reach a hostage release deal between israel and hamas. more than 100 israeli hostages are still held in gaza after hamas attacked israel on october 7 and killed more than 1000 people. the secretary of state also met palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. talks have focused on the latest proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza. here s some of what secretary blinken had to say. while there are some clear non starter is in hamas s response, we do think it creates space for agreement to be reached, and we will work at that relentlessly until we get there. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, was defiant. he said hamas s demands were delusional and that total victory was possible within months. translation: i m here to tell ou one translation: i m here to tell you one thing. translation: i m here to tell you one thing, tonight. - translation: i m here to tell you one thing, tonight. we rel you one thing, tonight. we re on o