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Blinken engages with Qatari chief as a part of Middle East journey to deal with Israel-Hamas battle

1 of two Israeli bombardment lights the skyline of Khan Yunis, pictured from Rafah in southern Gaza Strip late, on Sunday. US> Secretary Antony Blinken kicked off a Middle Eastern diplomatic push because the Israeli-Gaza battle threatens to increase right into a regional one. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI License Photo

“We share a dedication to make sure that the battle doesn’t increase, and I feel we additionally share a dedication to make use of the affect, the relationships, the ties that we’ve got with completely different events within the area to attempt to keep away from escalation and to discourage new fronts from opening,” he stated.

“This is not only a regional situation; it is a matter of world concern.”

His journey to Turkey, Greece, Jordan and Qatar, and which can even embrace stops within the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the occupied West Bank and Egypt by means of Thursday comes amid a precarious time within the area.

On high of the battle in Gaza, preventing between Israel and Hamas’ Lebanese ally Hezbollah continues to escalate, Houthi rebels proceed attacking delivery vessels within the Red Sea, disrupting the vital commerce route, and militants proceed placing US navy personnel in Iraq and Syria – – all of which threatens to increase the preliminary battle.

Thani informed reporters that Qatar has been working with worldwide and regional companions to attain de-escalation and enhance entry to humanitarian support in Gaza, however he remarked that the violence is rising.

“We consider that we have to include the disaster as quickly as potential and to succeed in a cease-fire in Gaza, which can even assistance on de-escalating the area,” he stated.

Nearly 23,000 Palestinians have been killed within the battle that started Oct. 7 when Hamas launched a bloody shock assault on Israel, killing some 1,200 Israelis with one other 240 taken hostage.

UP to 1.9 million Palestinians in Gaza, greater than 85% of the enclave’s inhabitants, have been displaced, many a number of occasions over, in response to the United Nations reduction company of Palestine refugees.

Palestinians examine a destroyed home and car after Israeli airstrikes on residential homes within the Al-Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, on December 20, 2023. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo
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