Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday was as clear as he has ever been about how he views a ceasefire and hostage agreement with Hamas.

�There�s not a deal in the making,� he told Fox News. �Unfortunately, it�s not close.�

He denied reports that the US Administration believes that an agreement is 90% completed.

�It�s exactly inaccurate. There�s a story, a narrative out there, that there�s a deal out there.�

Hamas �don�t agree to anything. Not to the Philadelphi Corridor, not to the keys of exchanging hostages for jailed terrorists, not to anything. So that�s just a false narrative.�

In the Fox News interview, Netanyahu said that Hamas has obstructed a deal.

�The obstacle to the end of this war is Hamas. The obstacle to the release of hostages is Hamas. The ones who butchered in a sling, murdering six people in cold blood, riddling them with bullets and then firing bullets into their heads is Hamas. It�s not Israel. It�s not me.�

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