US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke by phone yesterday evening (Monday) with Israeli Emergency Government Minister Benny Gantz, and the two speakers discussed existing efforts to facilitate the safe return of the remaining hostages, raise levels of humanitarian aid, and avoid the expansion of the conflict, according to the German News Agency.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement that Blinken stressed the urgent need to take positive steps to alleviate the escalation of tensions in the West Bank, and also stressed the need for Israel to take all possible measures to avoid harming civilians.

Blinken stressed that his country remains committed to pushing for concrete steps leading to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Two American officials told NBC that President Joe Biden's administration has limited hope of reaching another truce between Israel and Hamas and the possible release of more detainees in Gaza.

Earlier, an Israeli official participating in the negotiations between Israel and the Hamas movement told the Haaretz newspaper today that the two sides have not presented any new proposals for a ceasefire and the release of the remaining detainees in Gaza since the collapse of the truce on December 1. .