According to his spokesman, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told two leading Israeli officials on Monday that the Israeli airstrikes of the besieged Gaza Strip had caused “unacceptably large” civilian casualties.
In recent days, the Israeli military has carried out numerous deadly attacks, including on a migrant camp and several UN-run schools where civilians were huddled.
In reply, Hamas said it was pulling out of peace negotiations, causing prospects for a ceasefire and prisoner release package to decline more.
To “exprim our major concern about the new civilian deaths in Gaza,” Blinken received two influent Jewish leaders, National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.
The number of casualties” still remain unacceptable higher. According to State Department official Matthew Miller, there are still far too many civilian casualties in this conflict, according to Miller.
On Saturday, Israeli strikes killed more than 90 individuals in the Al-Mawasi station near Khan Yunis, the health department in Hamas-run Gaza said.
As kids were pulled terrible and motionless from the shipwreck in Al-Mawasi, which Israel had designated a” healthy zone,” AFP reported lights yelling and screaming girls screaming.
The mind of Hamas’s military aircraft, Mohammed Deif, and his close relate Rafa Salama, who the army claimed was killed, were the targets of the Jewish military’s bombardment, according to the Israeli government.
A Hamas national said Sunday that Deif was” properly and immediately overseeing” activities, though uncertainties remained.
The two Zionist leaders told Blinken that” they do not have clarity but” about Deif’s death, according to Miller.
He added that the diplomatic discussions included a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, humanitarian assistance for Gaza, and post-war programs.
Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to target the US Congress on July 24th, just before the visit.
Israel continues to say that they want a peace and that they are committed to the plan, according to Miller.
The United States has clearly defended Israel since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, in which 1, 195 people, mostly civilians, were killed, according to an AFP tally based on Jewish numbers.
During the assault, the insurgents also seized 251 captives, 116 of whom are also in Gaza including 42 the government says are useless.
Israel’s military rude has killed at least 38, 584 people, even typically residents, according to statistics provided by the Gaza health department.
Joe Biden, the chairman of the US, has been a target of growing political pressure for the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian situation.
When asked about US munitions provided to Israel, Miller said,” We are very troubled by the continued incidents of Palestinians in Gaza.”
