The go to is available in tandem with Israel-Hamas which began on October 7. (File)
Ramallah:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a high-security shock go to to the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution Sunday, assembly with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, in line with images launched by the Palestinian Authority.
The highest US diplomat met with Abbas in Ramallah as world concern grows over rising violence within the occupied territory in tandem with the Israel-Hamas warfare in Gaza since October 7.
The warfare erupted after Hamas operatives launched an assault on southern Israel that killed 1,400 folks, largely civilians, in line with Israeli officers.
Because the outbreak of the warfare, which has seen almost 9,500 killed in Israel’s retaliatory land, air and sea assault on Gaza in line with the Hamas-run well being ministry, Blinken has made three journeys to Israel and likewise visited quite a few different Arab nations.
However this was his first journey to the West Financial institution since October 7.
The journey was not introduced upfront for safety causes and got here after Blinken visited Jordan and neighbouring Israel on Friday.
Following a gathering with King Abdullah II of Jordan, Blinken “expressed concern concerning the growing violence within the West Financial institution and emphasised the US dedication to working with companions in the direction of a sturdy and sustainable peace within the area,” in line with an announcement.
Greater than 150 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli troopers and assaults by Israeli settlers because the begin of the warfare, in line with the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority.
Blinken’s assembly with Abbas, whose secularist Fatah get together is Hamas’s rival, got here at a time when Washington has heaped political and army help behind Israel.
The USA has advocated {that a} two-state answer is the one path out of the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
Blinken lately stated the Palestinian Authority ought to take management of the Gaza Strip which is presently ruled by Hamas.
The USA and a variety of European and Arab international locations, in addition to the United Nations, have said alarm at flaring tensions within the West Financial institution.
The Israeli military stated Friday its forces had been “working towards Hamas” notably in Jenin and Nablus, within the north of the territory it has occupied since 1967.
Blinken has advocated for “humanitarian pauses” in his tour of the Center East, to guard civilians and ease support deliveries within the densely populated Gaza Strip beneath bombardment.
He is because of journey to Ankara in Turkey on Sunday night.
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