GAZA STRIP: US top diplomat Antony Blinken touched down on Wednesday (Mar 20) in the Middle East to bolster efforts for a truce in the war in Gaza, as Israeli forces pushed on with
GAZA STRIP: US top diplomat Antony Blinken touched down on Wednesday in the Middle East to bolster efforts for a truce in the war in Gaza, as
Hamas meanwhile condemned Israeli"crimes" at Al-Shifa"for the third day in a row, the executions of dozens of displaced persons, patients and staff". US Secretary of State Blinken, who began his regional tour with meetings in regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia, has warned that Gaza's"entire population" is suffering"severe levels of acute food insecurity".
"This fabricated and catastrophic level of hunger can still be reversed by flooding Gaza with food and life saving assistance," he wrote on social media platform X. Israel continues to bombard Rafah, in southern Gaza, and has repeatedly threatened to send in ground troops. The bloodiest ever Gaza war broke out after Hamas's unprecedented attack on Oct 7 resulted in about 1,160 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
A source with knowledge of the negotiations, speaking on condition of anonymity because of their sensitivity, told AFP talks between technical teams in Doha"are ongoing".
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