August 20 news, local time on August 19, US Secretary of State Blinken, after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced that Israel has accepted a transitional proposal for a ceasefire and the release of detainees, and called on Hamas to respond in the same way. Netanyahu later said in a statement that Israel's goal is to "obtain the release of as many detainees as possible." The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) media office issued a statement on the 19th r...