AP: Egyptian Security Delegations Arrive in Tel Aviv, Gaza to Discuss Ceasefire
The Associated Press (AP), a US news agency, said that Egypt is still intensifying efforts to a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian resistant groups in the Gaza Strip after four days of fierce confrontations.
Cairo sent two security delegations to both Gaza and Tel Aviv as Egypt hopes to beat an accord to a ceasefire as the Israelis and Palestinian respect the Egyptian leadership.
Haaretz, an Israeli daily newspaper quoted Arabic reports said that an Egyptian delegation came to the Gaza Strip yesterday, Wednesday to discuss a ceasefire.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israel jets strike Gaza; Hamas launches rockets
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Washington, May 12 (EFE).- Israel has the right to defend itself, United States President Joe Biden said on Wednesday after a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he assured of his “unwavering support” amid the escalation of the violence with Palestine.
“He condemned the rocket attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups, including against Jerusalem and Tel Aviv,” a White House readout of the phone call with the key ally said.
“He conveyed his unwavering support for Israel’s security and for Israel’s legitimate right to defend itself and its people, while protecting civilians.”
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The U.S. s blocking of tactics on Israel-Palestine have frustrated Security Council members.
President Joe Biden speaks from the White House on Thursday. | T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool/Getty Images
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NEW YORK President Joe Biden’s election was greeted with waves of relief among United Nations diplomats, but a series of tense discussions over the rampant violence in Israel and Palestine this week signals the honeymoon is over.
The United States, isolated among the 15 members of the U.N. Security Council in closed-door discussions around issuing a statement calling for restraint on all sides, twice this week used its veto power to block agreement on the statement, diplomats from three Security Council members told POLITICO.
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel s US correspondent based in New York
Rockets are launched toward Israel from Rafah, in the southern the Gaza Strip on May 12, 2021 (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
US deputy assistant secretary for Israeli-Palestinian affairs Hady Amr will fly to Israel later Wednesday as Washington steps up its engagement aimed at de-escalating the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas.
Amr will head to the region “immediately” to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a Wednesday press conference, confirming earlier Times of Israel reports.
“He will bring to bear his decades of experience, and in particular, he will urge on my behalf and on behalf of President Biden a de-escalation of violence. We are very focused on this,” Blinken said.
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