U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is huddling with top Arab diplomats in Cairo to discuss post-conflict plans for Gaza as relations between the United States and Israel are souring further over Israel's war against Hamas.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Thursday, part of his sixth trip to the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, centre, walks to meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 21, 2024. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, centre, walks to meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 21, 2024. U.S.
As Blinken and the Arab ministers met, Gaza’s Health Ministry raised the territory’s death toll to nearly 32,000 Palestinians since the war began in October when Israel responded toon his sixth urgent Mideast mission since the war began, Blinken said Wednesday that the “gaps are narrowing” in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas over another cease-fire and hostage release that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent weeks trying to broker.
Netanyahu’s office said Thursday that the head of the Mossad spy agency will return to Qatar on Friday to meet with the head of the CIA and other key mediators as part of ongoing cease-fire talks. The office said Thursday that Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence chief would also join the talks.between Netanyahu and President Joe Biden over the prosecution of the war will likely overshadow Blinken’s meetings in Israel.
Netanyahu stressed that Israel would move ahead in Rafah, according to senators who participated in the meeting. Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, said Netanyahu “made it very clear that he and the people of Israel intend to prosecute the war to the full extent of their power and that he would not be dictated to by Senator Schumer or President Biden.”
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