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Washington is keeping pressure on Israel to end the war in the Gaza Strip following a proposal for a ceasefire deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. US National Security Council Communications Director John Kirby told US broadcaster ABC News that “from a military prospective only… the Israelis have accomplished most of their goals in Gaza.” Kirby stressed that the US did not say that Palestinian militant organization “Hamas has no military capabilities. We’ve not said that they don’t still represent a viable threat to the Israeli people. Of course they do.” “But they don’t have the milita…