Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday was as clear as he has ever been about how he views a ceasefire and hostage agreement with Hamas. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s not a deal in the making,\u201d he told Fox News. \u201cUnfortunately, it\u2019s not close.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exactly inaccurate. There\u2019s a story, a narrative out there, that there\u2019s a deal out there.\u201d <\/p>\n
Hamas \u201cdon\u2019t agree to anything. Not to the Philadelphi Corridor, not to the keys of exchanging hostages for jailed terrorists, not to anything. So that\u2019s just a false narrative.\u201d <\/p>\n
Netanyahu is facing mounting accusations that he has purposefully blocked a deal with Hamas. The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, citing a document it obtained, reported that Netanyahu in July effectively spiked a draft hostage and ceasefire deal by introducing a raft of new, eleventh-hour demands. <\/p>\n
In the Fox News interview, Netanyahu rejected allegations that he has obstructed a deal. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe obstacle to the end of this war is Hamas. The obstacle to the release of hostages is Hamas. The ones who butchered in a sling, murdering six people in cold blood, riddling them with bullets and then firing bullets into their heads is Hamas. It\u2019s not Israel. It\u2019s not me.\u201d <\/p>\n
Netanyahu was also questioned about reports that the families of American hostages still held by Hamas are lobbying the US Administration to unilaterally seek their loved ones\u2019 release. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, I don\u2019t judge the families. They\u2019re going through enormous anguish.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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