US secretary of state Antony Blinken is travelling to Israel, his trip comes after President Joe Biden said he was optimistic that a ceasefire deal is "closer than ever before".
That claim was disputed by senior Hamas leadership who told Sky News this was "not true" and added the US president is just trying to "keep everything sounding positive in the media".
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