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US-Israel Officials Met over Gaza

US-Israel Officials Met over Gaza, Transatlantic Today
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Israel (Washington Insider Magazine)— On Tuesday, Ron Dermer, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is talking with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other U.S. officials. The discussions are aimed to talk about the war in Gaza amid escalating fighting in the region. Recently, the heightened tensions with militant groups have raised calls for a cease-fire. Jake Sullivan, White House national security advisor, and Israel’s strategic affairs minister, Ron Dermer, have also met and discussed plans for the day after the Israel-Gaza war. It includes governance and security in Gaza, a White House official expresses.

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During a meeting in Washington on Tuesday, the two also examined measures to bring home the remaining captives and a transition to a different phase of the war to expand focus on high-value Hamas targets, Reuters cited the official as communicating.

A comment from National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson also confirms these developments. Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, visited Washington, D.C., “for face-to-face consultations” with Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on “many topics related to the confrontation in Gaza and the return of hostages held by Hamas,” 

The meeting comes a day after Netanyahu pledged to continue the war until Hamas is beaten.

“Whoever talks about stopping – there is no such thing. We are not stopping,” Netanyahu stated during a visit to northern Gaza on Monday. “The war will continue until the end, until we finish it, no less.”

Over the weekend, Civilians sheltering in refugee centres throughout Gaza’s central region have been under fierce bombardment. On Tuesday, residents told the Associated Press a night of shelling and airstrikes shocked the Nuseirat, Maghazi and Bureij camps. Israel demanded evacuations of the area, further restricting the options for Palestinians to find protection.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, DG of the World Health Organization (WHO), expressed his team listened to “harrowing accounts” Monday of strikes in central Gaza and in the area of the Maghazi refugee camp. 

Palestinian health authorities briefed that 70 people were killed, while Al-Aqsa Hospital staff registered to receive around 100 deaths and is functioning beyond capacity, Ghebreyesus stated.

According to the Health Ministry in Gaza, Almost 21,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, including 240 on the last day. Additionally, according to the UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, 1.9 million people have been displaced across the battered enclave. The casualty toll among Israeli troops since the ground offensive began increased to 156 over the weekend. About 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, and an estimated 240 were taken captive.

On the other hand, A U.S. Navy destroyer and American fighter jets strike 12 drones. Further, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land-attack cruise missiles in the southern Red Sea were shot by Yemen-based Houthis over 10 hours on Tuesday. The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command stated there were no reported damages or harm to ships in the area.

Gaza is facing a communications blackout For at least the sixth time since the war started in October. Paltel and Jawwal, two of the enclave’s largest mobile services providers, declared services were down “due to the ongoing aggression.”

U.N. measures to distribute humanitarian aid in Gaza may be deterred by Israel’s decision no longer to give automatic visas to the agency’s workers, instead regarding them on individual grounds. Israel is blaming the U.N. for being “complicit partners” with Hamas.

However, The Biden administration has been pushing Israeli officials to minimise civilian deaths in Gaza while also pursuing other ways to lessen the consequences of the crisis.

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden held a phone discussion with Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar. Qatar is a critical mediator in hostage negotiations because of its connection with Hamas leaders.

“The two leaders discussed the urgent effort to secure the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas, including American citizens,” the White House stated in a readout. “The leaders also discussed the ongoing efforts to facilitate increased and sustained flows of life-saving access to humanitarian aid into Gaza.”

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