That the Cemetery Terry Estate has been over there four times since the conflict been over there four times since the conflict began with the goal of trying conflict began with the goal of trying to conflict began with the goal of trying to get israel to walk back, lower trying to get israel to walk back, lower in trying to get israel to walk back, lower in their words the high intensity lower in their words the high Intensity Phase of the campaign and create Intensity Phase of the campaign and create some Breathing Room with a ceasefire create some Breathing Room with a cease fire. That seems unlikely. In fact as cease fire. That seems unlikely. In fact as much cease fire. That seems unlikely. In fact as much as the biden administration has been trying to ure administration has been trying to urge the administration has been trying to urge the israeli government to do this through diplomacy, it is not seem this through diplomacy, it is not seem like this through diplomacy, it is not s
she must have israel s as well. today we also discussed the phased transition of israel s military campaign in gaza. we continue to follow best advice how israel with achieve its essential role of ensuring october 7th can never be repeated. and we believe israel has significant progress toward the objective. the campaign moves to a lower intensity phase in northern gaza and idf scales down forces there, a u.n. plan to carry out assessment mission to determine for displaced palestinians to return safely to homes in the north. now, it s not going to happen overnight, there are serious security, infrastructure and humanitarian challenges but the mission will start a process that evaluates these obstacles and how they can be overcome. in today s meetings i was also crystal clear. palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as
gaza, especially civilians and children, is too high. he says gazans must be allowed to return to their homes wall street supporting us support for israel. he and benjamin and yahoo discussed efforts to release all remaining hostages and get you humanitarian aid into gaza. this all comes as the hamas run health ministry says 126 people have been killed in gaza in the last 24 have been killed in gaza in the last 2a hours. it says 57 deaths were reported in one central gaza hospital alone. the situation in israel s northern order with lebanon remains volatile, with locations on either side targeted by the idf and hezbollah. this is what antony blinken told the press conference afterward. figs blinken told the press conference afterward. a , ., , blinken told the press conference afterward. a , . , afterward. as israel s campaign moves to a afterward. as israel s campaign moves to a lower afterward. as israel s campaign moves to a lower intensity - afterward. as israel s campaign.
hamas political leader. concerns that these daily skirmishes that we have seen between israel and hezbollah could escalate into a much more devastating war between those two parties. the secretary of state also focusing on trying to get those hostages out of gaza. qatar, of course, has been a key mediator in those talks. there are believed to be 132 hostages still remaining in gaza. as many as eight of them are believed to be american citizens. so as the secretary of state arrives in israel, that remains to be a critical discussion. trying to revive those negotiations between israel and hamas mediated by the qataris with the americans. it also comes as we hit this three-month mark of this war between israel and hamas. the united states, of course, has been pressuring israel to do more to protect civilian life in gaza and also to begin to transition this war to a lower intensity phase.
phase, that we ve seen over the past few months. doing much more targeted, lower intensity phase that would do less harm to civilians. we will also hear secretary blinken talk again about the need for israel to do more to protect civilians, that civilian death toll going higher and higher. really, by the hour. we re talking about more than 22,000 people that have been killed in gaza so far. and then the humanitarian aid that the u.s. says not enough has gotten in. and a lot of that is because of the continued fighting. and so we will hear things we ve heard in the past, and it s clear that the u.s. feels israel has not made enough progress. and they want to see progress there, at the same time, they don t want to be seen as telling israel what to do. and then blinken s going to be all over the rest of the middle east, talking about the other flare-ups that we ve seen. and when you look at those, whether it s the houthis in yemen, or hezbollah in lebanon, or the proxy groups in iraq and