This comes as Israel readies a likely massive offensive on the Gaza Strip.
US state secretary Antony Blinken will be meeting Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Amman.
Blinken spent Thursday in Tel Aviv where he promised unwavering solidarity to US ally Israel after the surprise October 7 offensive by Hamas, who killed over 1,200 people and took about 150 more hostage. Qatar, where Blinken will head immediately after Jordan, has longstanding ties with Hamas and has been seen as an intermediary in freeing the hostages.
“In fact, that is the choice, and the choice in some ways has been made even more stark by the actions of Hamas.” US officials are working with Egypt, which also borders Gaza and was the first Arab country to make peace with Israel, on a plan for a safety corridor from Gaza.
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