The US secretary of state will present alternative proposals to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel for what are expected to be fractious talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza as public differences over the conflict have intensified.
On Thursday, Mr Blinken and Arab leaders discussed efforts towards a ceasefire and ideas for Gaza’s post-conflict future.This would create space to surge more humanitarian aid in Gaza, relieve the suffering of many people, and build the foundation for an enduring peace.The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a US-sponsored resolution declaring “the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas war.
So little food has been allowed into Gaza that up to 60% of children under five are now malnourished, compared with fewer than 1% before the war began, World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.The health ministry in Gaza raised the territory’s death toll to nearly 32,000 Palestinians.
Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people in the surprise October 7 attack out of Gaza that triggered the war, and abducted another 250 people.Members of the Al-Rabaya family break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan outside their destroyed home by the Israeli airstrikes in Rafah
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