Israel-Gaza live updates: No ‘temporary cease-fire’ without return of hostages, Netanyahu says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Israel on Friday, pushed Israeli leaders to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip and to take “humanitarian pauses” to facilitate the flow of aid and the release of hostages. Israel would agree to no “temporary cease-fire” that did not involve the return of hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. […]