US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is hopeful Hamas will accept an “extraordinarily generous” offer to halt Israel’s Gaza offensive in return for the release of Israeli hostages, AFP reports.

“Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of Israel,” Blinken said in Riyadh at the World Economic Forum.

“They have to decide — and they have to decide quickly,” Blinken said. “I’m hopeful that they will make the right decision. “