US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss efforts to rescue hostages from the radical Palestinian movement Hamas as well as the threat of expanding the conflict during his trip to the Middle East, State Department press officer Matthew Miller said. This was reported by TASS.
According to Miller’s statement, Blinken will visit Brussels this week and attend the NATO foreign ministers meeting and the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council foreign ministers. OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers meeting.
Additionally, as the State Department spokesperson noted, Blinken will visit Israel and the West Bank, where he will discuss “Israel’s right to self-defense” and “the release of remaining hostages, the protection of civilians during Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s will discuss the issues of “the right to self-defense”. and accelerate the distribution of humanitarian aid.” In addition, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will also touch upon “the future of the Palestinian state and the necessity of preventing the spread of conflict.”
The Jerusalem Post previously wrote: Blinken will visit Israel in the coming days. It was noted that this will be Hamas’ fourth visit to the Jewish state since the attack on October 7.
In early November, Blinken attended a meeting of G7 foreign ministers. opposed A return to the status quo in the Middle East that existed before Hamas’ invasion of Israel.
November 22 Israel and Hamas To agree About the release of Gumpuse and some hostages. The first phase of the agreement calls for a four-day ceasefire and the exchange of 50 prisoners held in Gaza for 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. It is possible that additional people will be released in the second phase. The ceasefire will be extended by one day for every 10 hostages released. Hamas also promised to release two captured Russian women immediately after the end of hostilities.
Previously Hamas passed Hostage of the Red Cross with Russian citizenship.