The Israeli prime minister refused to stop the siege unless Hamas fighters release its hostages.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken was in the Middle East for a second time in less than a month seeking to balance Washington’s support for Israel
While the US has maintained robust support for Israel, its rhetoric has increasingly shifted towards boosting humanitarian aid to Gaza, taking steps to avoid civilian deaths and setting up pauses in the fighting to facilitate work to free more than 240 hostages seized by Hamas in Israel. His comments signalled any agreement with Israel remained elusive, with many sticking points yet to be hammered out.
Like Israel, the US has dismissed growing international calls for a ceasefire but has sought to persuade Israel to accept localised pauses. Ahead of a meeting with Israel’s president Isaac Herzog, Blinken reiterated that Israel has a right to “do everything possible to ensure that this Oct 7 can never happen again.”
Blinken said 100 humanitarian aid trucks were entering Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt daily but that was not enough.
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