US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the occupied Palestinian territories on Tuesday as part of efforts to broker a ceasefire and recover prisoners in the Gaza Strip.

Blinken's regional tour comes just two weeks before the US presidential elections.

During his visit, Blinken is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials.

This follows the recent assassination of Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas' political bureau, which 'Israel' claimed would weaken the group's negotiating position.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army, supported by Washington, has continued its aggression on the Gaza Strip, as its aircraft bomb the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers and homes of Palestinian civilians and destroy them over the heads of their residents.

The Israeli enemy is also launching a brutal aggression on Lebanon, targeting civilians and their homes on a daily basis across Lebanese territory, causing a large number of martyrs.

It has also been trying for more than two weeks inside the border villages in southern Lebanon, which constitutes a blatant violation of Lebanese sovereignty in full view of the world.

New Proposal The Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that the so-called head of the General Security Service (Shabak) Ronen Bar presented to the cabinet (the inner cabinet) the day before yesterday, Sunday, a proposal for a deal “that includes a limited ceasefire in exchange for the release of detainees without the withdrawal of the army from the Gaza Strip,” which is completely rejected by the Palestinian resistance factions, most notably the Hamas movement, which the enemy has not succeeded in undermining after a year of unprecedented barbaric aggression, and which continues to inflict losses in lives and equipment on it in the Strip to this day.

It continued by saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent the head of the Shabak to Cairo on Sunday to discuss the proposal with the Egyptian side.

In turn, the Hebrew website “Walla” reported that “the head of the Shabak presented a proposal he received from the head of Egyptian intelligence, Hassan Rashad, to reactivate negotiations regarding the kidnapped deal.” According to “Walla,” the head of Egyptian intelligence presented Bar with “the broad outlines of a small deal with Hamas, which would reactivate negotiations towards a larger deal.” For its part, the newspaper 'Israel Today' said that 'the cabinet decided to assign Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer to formulate a more detailed and in-depth strategy on this issue