On the eve of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's upcoming visit to the region, the high-ranking representative of the Palestinian Hamas radical movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, called on Washington to put pressure on Israel to stop military operations in the Gaza Strip. "We call on the US administration to put pressure on the occupier to stop the war in the Gaza Strip," a Hamas representative said. He added that the movement is ready to "show a positive attitude to any initiative that will ensure a ceasefire." June 10 The US Secretary of State will visit Egypt and Israel. During his trip to the Middle East, Blinken will also visit Qatar and Jordan. This is the eighth visit of the US Secretary of State to the Middle East region since 2023. On October 7, Hamas launched an attack on Israel, killing 1,200 people and capturing around 253. In the course of Israel's retaliatory military operations, the number of victims in the Palestinian enclave exceeded 37,000.
Hamas calls on the US to pressure Israel to end the conflict in Gaza
10.06.2024 14:45 |
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