United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the civilian death toll in Gaza is “far too high”, especially among children, and called for aid to reach the besieged strip more effectively.
Speaking at a news conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Blinken said the US continued to stand with Israel in its mission to “ensure that October 7 never happens again”, but also sought to avoid further civilian losses in Gaza and prevent the conflict from spreading to the wider region.
The US diplomat, who is on his fourth visit to the Middle East since the conflict began, said Israel had taken steps to ensure that aid reached the population of Gaza, including opening Karem Abu Salem, also known as Kerem Shalom, border crossing with Gaza.
Blinken travelled to Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates before Israel, and was in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday for talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.
Blinken’s visit to Ramallah and Israel showed there was no fundamental change in Washington’s stance, said Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri.
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FREE PALESTINE, no one deserves to be thrown out their own country and children should not be murdered on such a large scale, no matter how much Israel wants to punish Hamas
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i think that what is happening in gaza is genocide. i think that the news report on it and put pressure on politicians to support palestine.
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Government isn’t listening to public opinion
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What people refuse to acknowledge is Hamas's blatant use of their own people as human shields. They want them to be killed and use it as a weapon against Israel. For Israel, a single hostage or civilian death on either side is too high. But Hamas, like most other fundamentalist Islamic organisations, holds no such value. In their own words: "We love death as much as the Jews love life." To them, their very own people are regarded as expendables in their "holy cause" of jihad, to be martyred both as fodder against the enemy and as fuel for worldwide sympathy from gullible people. And in such a tiny, densely populated area as Gaza, of course, there will be high casualties. This is all written in their charter - look it up for yourselves if you don't believe me!
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