Bodies of 6 hostages recovered

Israeli strike kills 10 as Hamas calls latest ceasefire proposal a reversal’

- JULIA FRANKEL

A protester in Tel Aviv on Tuesday holds a poster showing hostages taken by Hamas.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pressed ahead Tuesday with the latest diplomatic mission to secure a ceasefire in the war in Gaza, even as Hamas and Israel signalled that challenges remain.

Hamas in a new statement called the latest proposal presented to it a “reversal” of what it agreed to previously and accused the U.S. of acquiescing to what it called “new conditions” from Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told relatives of hostages in Gaza that a key goal is to “preserve our strategic security assets in the face of great pressures from home and abroad.”