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while threat of an Iranian attack on Israel is far from over there is hope that progress in the Gaza ceasefire deal could delay the promised retaliatory strike however uncertainty still looms well it still looms large over a deal in the latest US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin has postponed his West Asia trip and US President Joe Biden has said that a Gaza ceasefire deal this week could hold Iran back from direct offensive against Israel asked if a truce between Israel and Hamas could stay of an Iranian assault Biden said that was his expectation adding that while negotiations were getting hard he was up we'll see what Iran does we'll see what happens with attack but I'm not giving up TI together do you have the understanding that Iran could CE or stop doing an action if a cease fire here was that's my expectation for C thank you Biden's comments came after Iranian officials said that a promised retaliatory strike could be delayed to progress Hamas is white wiely expected not to participate in the talks to be held in either Cairo or Doha it has called on mediators to co Israel into agreeing to the updated proposal it had submitted in early July the US state department said on Tuesday that it was working to ensure that Hamas Representatives attend the upcoming talks we've seen the reports of what they um have said as it relates to their participation uh our partners in Cutter have a assured us that they will work to represented as Israel remains on Peak alert for a retaliation from Iran Hamas has said that it fired two M90 rockets at T Aviv their first attack since May the attack did not lead to any injuries casualties meanwhile Hezbollah says it has launched a series of strikes against sensitive Israeli military sites targeting their Technical and Espionage equipment at the AL samka Ramia and M um sites the group also said it carried out a missile attack hitting a group of Israeli troops around an Israeli military site near the settlement of mat and for more on this our correspondent Susan terani has sent us this US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin has post boned his Middle East trip due to uncertainty about the situation in the region the trip was planned to include stops and Qatar Egypt as well as Israel and according to axio the delay comes as the US prepares for potential Iranian attacks and amid ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas the US has increased its Regional military presence and is pushing for a ceasefire deal with it sees as a key to buying peace before the upcoming US presidential election however is is concerned about the deal's impact on hamas's strength meanwhile the US has approved some 20 billion doll in arms sales to Israel which prime minister Netanyahu had said will quote unquote help them finish the job faster against Hamas he made those comments when addressing Congress here in the United States a while back Susan terani reporting from New York for we on world
