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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at strengthening last week’s ceasefire with Hamas and start an immediate flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
President Joe Biden announced that he was dispatching Blinken to the region for what will be his administration s highest-level, in-person talks on the crisis that erupted earlier this month. The White House said later that Biden had spoken to Egypt s president, one of several leaders Blinken will meet on his trip, to underscore the importance of getting assistance to Gaza.
The State Department said Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank, Jordan and Egypt on a trip that comes as the administration has faced broad criticism for its initial response to the deadly violence.
JERUSALEM (AP) â U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Tuesday to ârally international supportâ to aid Gaza following a devastating war there while keeping any assistance out of the hands of its militant Hamas rulers, as he began a regional tour to shore up last weekâs cease-fire.
The 11-day war between Israel and Hamas killed more than 250 people, mostly Palestinians, and caused widespread destruction in the impoverished coastal territory. The truce that came into effect Friday has so far held, but it did not address any of the underlying issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, something Blinken acknowledged after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Blinken says US will make significant contributions to rebuilding Gaza without helping Hamas
By Joseph Krauss
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Tuesday to rally international support to aid Gaza following a devastating war there while keeping any assistance out of the hands of its militant Hamas rulers, as he began a regional tour to shore up last week’s cease-fire.
The 11-day war between Israel and Hamas killed more than 250 people, mostly Palestinians, and caused widespread destruction in the impoverished coastal territory. The truce that came into effect Friday has so far held, but it did not address any of the underlying issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, something Blinken acknowledged after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Tuesday to rally international support to aid Gaza following a devastating war, as he began a regional tour to shore up last week s ceasefire. Blinken, who spoke after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the U.S. would work to address the grave humanitarian situation in the coastal territory but would also ensure that Gaza s militant Hamas rulers do not benefit from reconstruction assistance. The 11-day Gaza war killed more than 250 people, mostly Palestinians, and caused widespread destruction in the impoverished coastal territory. The truce that came into effect Friday has so far held, but it did not address any of the underlying issues.