The U.S. Secretary of State said is ‘wouldn’t be a surprise’ if part of the motivation may have been to disrupt efforts to bring Saudi Arabia and Israel together
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said part of the motivation for Hamas’ latest attack on Israel could have been disrupting a potential normalizing of Israel-Saudi Arabia ties, adding Washington will announce new aid for Israel on Sunday.
“It wouldn’t be a surprise that part of the motivation may have been to disrupt efforts to bring Saudi Arabia and Israel together, along with other countries that may be interested in normalizing relations with Israel,” Blinken told CNN in an interview on Sunday. The secretary of state said details of new U.S. assistance for Israel will be made public later, as he labelled the attack on Israel as a “terrorist attack by a terrorist organization.”
Blinken added there was relative calm on Sunday in most of Israel but intense fighting in Gaza, an Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave which has witnessed weeks of protests by youth groups due to long-time grievances related to the Palestinian national cause and prolonged economic strife.
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