According to Reuters, this statement was made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on August 19 after he arrived in Israel to participate in a negotiation with Egypt and Qatar on preventing war in Gaza.
The three countries have met many times to discuss this and the most recent time was a two-day meeting that took place in Qatar's capital Doha last week.
However, it will be difficult to have an agreement at this time because Hamas has announced that it will reactivate suicide bombings after many years of not doing so.
Hamas forces admitted being behind the suicide bombing that took place at a synagogue in Tel Aviv on August 18.
As for Israel, the country's leaders announced that they will only stop the war when Hamas is completely destroyed, so air strikes are still being carried out and show no signs of decreasing.
Also on August 18, Israel attacked the city of Deir Al-Balah for unknown reasons. Not long ago, the Israeli army also used fighter jets to bomb a school that sheltered thousands of people in Gaza. About 100 people died, including women and children.
Faced with a tense situation that shows no signs of cooling down, countries acting as mediators are trying to call on the two sides to join a ceasefire agreement. The US Secretary of State met directly with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the morning of August 19 (local time) to discuss this issue.
The war in Gaza began last October between Israel and Hamas. The war took the lives of about 40,000 innocent people and pushed 2.3 million people into homelessness.
