Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised a “very powerful response” if Hamas breaks a ceasefire that ended a deadly 11-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu made the comment in West Jerusalem on Tuesday during a joint press conference with American Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who travelled to the region to bolster the initial ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli prime minister thanked the United States for “firmly supporting Israel’s right to self-defence” during the violence, in which Israeli air strikes killed at least 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, in Gaza.
At least 12 Israelis, including two children, were killed by rockets fired by Hamas and other armed groups from Gaza during the fighting, which began on May 10 and saw inter-communal violence break out across Israel, as well as several Palestinians killed in protests in the occupied West Bank.
Blinken is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas.
His arrival comes shortly after an Egypt-brokered
ceasefire between Israel and Hamas paused 11 days of intensified conflict in
Gaza.
Tel Aviv – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken
arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, days after an Egypt-brokered truce halted
fighting between the Jewish state and the Gaza Strip s Islamist rulers Hamas.
Blinken, who said earlier his trip would aim to
support efforts to solidify a ceasefire , was set to meet Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas,
though he was not to meet Hamas.
Egypt s FM meets Abbas to discuss situation in Palestine
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Tue, May 25 2021 12:48 IST |
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.(pic credit: https://twitter.com/mfaegypt). Image Source: IANS News
Ramallah, May 25 : Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah and discussed the situation in the Palestinian territories following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire brokered by Cairo.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said that during the meeting on Monday, Abbas briefed Shoukry on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and the contacts that the leadership is holding with the US, reports Xinhua new agency.