GAZA: The United States and top diplomats have arrived in the Middle East in a renewed diplomatic push to stop Israel’s war on Gaza from spilling over to the occupied West Bank and Lebanon, western media reported on Friday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Turkey and will also visit the occupied West Bank, Israel, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and the UAE.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that it was in no one’s interest for this war to spread beyond the Gaza Strip. He added that they did not expect every conversation on this visit to be easy.
Diplomatic Push to Stop Gaza Conflict Spillover
Similarly, Josep Borrell, the European Union foreign policy head, was in Lebanon on Friday to discuss the current situation in the region. More than 300 Palestinians have also been killed in the occupied West Bank since the war began between Hamas and Israel.
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Meanwhile, the health ministry in Gaza said that 22,600 people mostly women and children have been killed in the besieged territory since the war between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7.
In a statement, the health ministry said the war now in its 91st day — has killed at least 22,600 Palestinians and injured 57,910 as Israel continues bombardment of cities, towns and refugee camps across the area. The Israeli police also imposed strict restrictions on the entry of worshipers to Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem to perform Friday prayers.
