The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, expressed his optimism on Sunday that an agreement between Hamas and Israel to end the war in Gaza could finally be contacted, saying that it is “as close as we have reached that all hostages free.”
But the main diplomat of the United States also warned that nothing is a treatment made, saying that there are key peace plan presented by President Donald Trump that still needs to be resolved, warning: “There are many difficulties along the way.”
“This is the closest to that we have come to all hostages being launched, each of the 48, including the 28 who died,” Rubio told the co -chapter “This Week” of ABC News, Martha Raddatz. “But there are many difficulties along the way. There is some work to do here.”
Rubio said that “some of the technical conversations” were already ongoing, and emphasized that the United States believes that the speed is essential, especially for what it described as the first phase of this agreement: return to Israel the hostages.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears in “This Week” of ABC News on October 5, 2025.
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“[President Trump] He wants to see what happens quickly. This is not something that can be dragged. We cannot be here in three weeks, still arguing, you know, the logistics of how hostages will be launched. That has to happen very quickly so that the rest of this agreement wins impulse, ”said Rubio.
He continued: “Our hope is that when our team arrives at Cairo, 90% of this has been resolved, and we are finishing the logistics piece. We would like to see it yesterday.”
The mediators will begin to begin more negotiations between Israel and Hamas on Monday in Egypt, said the country’s foreign ministry. The special envoy of the United States Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son -in -law, will be part of the American team to participate in the conversations.
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