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Blinken Denies Report on October 7 Hostage Mediation Delay
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By Алекс Липницкий
First reported by Abu Ali Express · 6 hours ago
What happened
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied a Haaretz report claiming he delayed hostage mediation on October 7. The report also touched on alleged prior warnings to Prime Minister Netanyahu about the Hamas attack.
- 01Blinken denied a Haaretz report about delaying hostage mediation on Oct 7.
- 02The report claimed Blinken told Qatar to wait on Hamas hostage offer.
- 03Haaretz also reported UAE warned Netanyahu of attack beforehand.
- 04Netanyahu denied the prior warning allegations.
- 05Blinken called the report's quotes 'completely fabricated'.
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