Blinken denies telling Qatari emir to delay efforts for rapid Israel-Hamas hostage deal

 

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.
(photo credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/POOL VIA REUTERS)

Former secretary of state Antony Blinken outright denied on Wednesday that he told Qatar to wait to broker a deal between Hamas and Israel, as was attributed to him in a Tuesday Haaretz article.

Haaretz reported on Tuesday that UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel days before the October 7 massacre. 

Since then, Netanyahu has denied the report and has threatened to sue the left-leaning Israeli daily. 

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