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Israel’s foreign minister and the U.S. secretary of state also addressed the situations in Syria and Lebanon.
The Israel foreign minister was also expected to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, marking their fourth meeting this year.
The reconstruction of those parts of Gaza that Hamas currently controls is contingent on its disarming, said the U.S. secretary of state.
The U.S. secretary of state also talked about Jew-hatred, which he called an “ancient poison” that has “caused tremendous harm repeatedly throughout history.”
“They have the right if there’s an imminent threat to Israel, and all the mediators agree with that,” Washington’s top diplomat said.
Sixty percent of Hamas’s tunnel network remains operative in Gaza, according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Speaking at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Israel, the secretary of state voices “healthy optimism” the Trump deal will be fully implemented.
Rubio has been an “extraordinary friend of Israel,” Netanyahu said, “and now we face days of destiny.”
“We have to be bold and call out names,” Mark Walker said. “You never see something eradicated by being ambiguous or vague.”
Marking the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre, the secretary said, “We renew our resolve to prevent such evil from ever taking place again.”
The 41 Democrats and Bernie Sanders told the U.S. secretary of state to act to “provide urgently needed life-saving civilian relief.”
The top U.S. diplomat added that there still existed a “window of opportunity” to pursue a ceasefire-for-hostages agreement.
