WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday to debate the battle in Gaza and the return of hostages held by Islamist group Hamas, the White Home stated.
The assembly in Washington comes as the US has publicly urged Israel to do extra to guard civilians in Gaza amid the rising dying toll from the battle. Blinken additionally held a name with Dermer earlier this month.
The times round Christmas have seen an upsurge within the battle, significantly in a central space simply south of the seasonal waterway that bisects the Gaza Strip.
Israel launched contemporary air strikes towards central Gaza on Tuesday, the place the United Nations stated it was alarmed by an intensification of Israeli assaults that killed greater than 100 Palestinians in a single a part of the enclave since Christmas Eve.
Hamas killed 1,200 individuals and captured 240 hostages on Oct. 7 within the deadliest day in Israeli historical past. Since then, Israel has assaulted Hamas-ruled Gaza, with Palestinian well being authorities saying practically 21,000 individuals have been confirmed killed in Israeli strikes and hundreds extra are feared buried beneath rubble.
The publish Israel’s strategic affairs minister to meet Blinken, White House’s Sullivan By Reuters first appeared on Investorempires.com.
