The U.S. secretary of state is making his third trip to Israel since the Hamas Oct. 7 attack.
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Friday to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza, while Israeli troops, an Iran-backed ally of Hamas, attacked Israeli military positions in northern Israel with drones, mortar fire and suicide drones, stoking fearsto keep Israel’s military busy on the country’s border with Lebanon but so far has done nothing of the extent to ignite an all-out war.
Before Blinken departed, the U.S. State Department reiterated American “support for Israel’s right to defend itself.” At the same time, the Biden administration has pushed for Israel to let more aid into Gaza amid growing alarm over the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory.have been killed in 25 days of fighting, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. Bombardment has driven more than half the territory’s 2.3 million people from their homes.
Military officials said Israeli forces have now completely encircled Gaza City, a densely packed cluster of neighborhoods that Israel says is the center of Hamas military infrastructure and includes a vast network of underground tunnels, bunkers and command centers.The Israel military spokesperson, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Israeli forces were in “face to face” battles with militants, calling in airstrikes and shelling when needed.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain in the path of fighting in northern Gaza, despite Israel’s repeated calls for them to evacuate. Many have crowded into U.N. facilities, hoping for safety.Still, four U.N. schools-turned-shelter in northern Gaza and Bureij were hit in recent days, killing 24 people, according to Philippe Lazzarini, general-secretary of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA.
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