Blinken expresses frustration at changes to Gaza ceasefire deal requested by Hamas

“Hamas’s requests would ultimately undermine the phased nature of the proposal on which agreement rests,” the senior administration official said Wednesday. “It will be difficult to get Israel to agree to automaticity that the ceasefire will become permanent.”

they are making the deal for permanent ceasefire hard by asking for details on how and when it becomes a ceasefire

I think the US aim is to get fighting to stop as quick as possible using a temporary ceasefire with easily acceptable conditions by both sides. So then people stop dieing and they can spend more time on a permanent ceasefire.

I don't understand why Hamas would reject the deal that was essentially the same as one they agreed to in the past, that was deemed reasonable by Qatar, Egypt, and the UN. It doesn't make sense.