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Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday after the US said it had reached agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on the provision of humanitarian relief and safe areas to the more than 2 million people in Gaza currently under fire, and in urgent need of water, food and medical help.
The US president will also go to Amman for talks with Jordan’s King Abdullah, the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, in an attempt to fend off an even greater humanitarian disaster and a regional war that could draw in Iran and the US.
The president’s trip was announced by the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, after more than seven hours of talks with Netanyahu and his national security cabinet. The Washington Post and Haaretz reported that the announcement was held back until the Israeli leadership agreed corridors for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and the creation of safe areas for civilians that would not be bombed.
Blinken said Biden was coming “at a critical moment for Israel, for the region and for the world”.
He said Israel would brief Biden on its war aims and strategy, and on how it would conduct operations “in a way that minimises civilian casualties and enables humanitarian assistance to flow to civilians in Gaza in a way that does not benefit Hamas”.
Convoys of lorries carrying emergency food water and medical supplies are waiting on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza waiting for the crossing point at Rafah to open, while Palestinians with foreign citizenship wait on the other side to leave the enclave. Egypt controls the border but requires Israeli agreement on what and who is allowed to pass through it. The Rafah border post was hit by a blast attributed to an Israeli airstrike on Monday evening.
At least 49 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes that hit homes in Rafah and Khan Younis, Gaza’s interior ministry said.
The UN reported continuing heavy Israeli bombing along the Gaza Strip, with the Palestinian death toll from the past 10 days approaching 3,000. Israel has partly restored water supply to southern Gaza but the UN said it constituted only 4% of the normal flow into the territory. The lack of clean water and the presence of bodies under the rubble has brought fears of an epidemic. Hospitals are in a state of collapse in the absence of electricity and fuel for generators.
Israel has amassed a large force around Gaza’s borders in preparation for an invasion, in the wake of a Hamas attack on 7 October that killed more than 1,300 Israelis, mostly civilians. The extremist group is holding 199 Israelis hostage, including women and children, inside Gaza. The ground assault has been held back during Blinken’s diplomatic initiative and amid fears that it could trigger an offensive by Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border.
As well as humanitarian corridors for aid to ent
News Article :-
Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday after the US said it had reached agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on the provision of humanitarian relief and safe areas to the more than 2 million people in Gaza currently under fire, and in urgent need of water, food and medical help.
The US president will also go to Amman for talks with Jordan’s King Abdullah, the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, in an attempt to fend off an even greater humanitarian disaster and a regional war that could draw in Iran and the US.
The president’s trip was announced by the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, after more than seven hours of talks with Netanyahu and his national security cabinet. The Washington Post and Haaretz reported that the announcement was held back until the Israeli leadership agreed corridors for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and the creation of safe areas for civilians that would not be bombed.
Blinken said Biden was coming “at a critical moment for Israel, for the region and for the world”.
He said Israel would brief Biden on its war aims and strategy, and on how it would conduct operations “in a way that minimises civilian casualties and enables humanitarian assistance to flow to civilians in Gaza in a way that does not benefit Hamas”.
Convoys of lorries carrying emergency food water and medical supplies are waiting on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza waiting for the crossing point at Rafah to open, while Palestinians with foreign citizenship wait on the other side to leave the enclave. Egypt controls the border but requires Israeli agreement on what and who is allowed to pass through it. The Rafah border post was hit by a blast attributed to an Israeli airstrike on Monday evening.
At least 49 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes that hit homes in Rafah and Khan Younis, Gaza’s interior ministry said.
The UN reported continuing heavy Israeli bombing along the Gaza Strip, with the Palestinian death toll from the past 10 days approaching 3,000. Israel has partly restored water supply to southern Gaza but the UN said it constituted only 4% of the normal flow into the territory. The lack of clean water and the presence of bodies under the rubble has brought fears of an epidemic. Hospitals are in a state of collapse in the absence of electricity and fuel for generators.
Israel has amassed a large force around Gaza’s borders in preparation for an invasion, in the wake of a Hamas attack on 7 October that killed more than 1,300 Israelis, mostly civilians. The extremist group is holding 199 Israelis hostage, including women and children, inside Gaza. The ground assault has been held back during Blinken’s diplomatic initiative and amid fears that it could trigger an offensive by Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border.
As well as humanitarian corridors for aid to ent
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00:00 Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday after the US said it had reached agreement
00:05 with Benjamin Netanyahu's government on the provision of humanitarian relief and safe
00:10 areas to the more than 2 million people in Gaza currently under fire, and in urgent need
00:15 of water, food and medical help.
00:18 The US president will also go to Amman for talks with Jordan's King Abdullah, the Egyptian
00:24 President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, in an
00:30 attempt to fend off an even greater humanitarian disaster and a regional war that could draw
00:35 in Iran and the US.
00:37 The president's trip was announced by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, after
00:42 more than seven hours of talks with Netanyahu and his national security cabinet.
00:47 The Washington Post and Haaretz reported that the announcement was held back until the Israeli
00:52 leadership agreed corridors for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and the creation of safe
00:58 areas for civilians that would not be bombed.
01:01 Blinken said Biden was coming at a critical moment for Israel, for the region and for
01:06 the world.
01:07 He said Israel would brief Biden on its war aims and strategy, and on how it would conduct
01:12 operations in a way that minimises civilian casualties and enables humanitarian assistance
01:18 to flow to civilians in Gaza in a way that does not benefit Hamas.
01:22 Convoys of lorries carrying emergency food water and medical supplies are waiting on
01:28 the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza waiting for the crossing point at Rafah to
01:32 open, while Palestinians with foreign citizenship wait on the other side to leave the enclave.
01:38 Egypt controls the border but requires Israeli agreement on what and who is allowed to pass
01:43 through it.
01:44 The Rafah border post was hit by a blast attributed to an Israeli airstrike on Monday evening.
01:50 At least 49 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes that hit homes in Rafah and
01:56 Khan Yonis, Gaza's interior ministry said.
01:59 The UN reported continuing heavy Israeli bombing along the Gaza Strip, with the Palestinian
02:05 death toll from the past 10 days approaching 3,000.
02:09 Israel has partly restored water supply to southern Gaza but the UN said it constituted
02:14 only 4% of the normal flow into the territory.
02:18 The lack of clean water and the presence of bodies under the rubble has brought fears
02:22 of an epidemic.
02:23 Hospitals are in a state of collapse in the absence of electricity and fuel for generators.
02:29 Israel has amassed a large force around Gaza's borders in preparation for an invasion, in
02:34 the wake of a Hamas attack on 7 October that killed more than 1,300 Israelis, mostly civilians.
02:42 The extremist group is holding 199 Israelis hostage, including women and children, inside
02:49 Gaza.
02:50 The ground assault has been held back during Blinken's diplomatic initiative and amid fears
02:55 that it could trigger an offensive by Hezbollah on Israel's northern border.
03:00 As well as humanitarian corridors for aid to enter Gaza, Blinken said he had held discussions
03:06 with the Israelis on the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of harm's
03:11 way.
03:12 While he has been crystal clear about the need for humanitarian aid to be able to continue
03:16 to flow into Gaza, the White House National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby,
03:23 said.
03:24 "That has been a consistent call by President Biden and certainly by this entire administration.
03:29 In his talks with Israeli and Arab leaders this week, Biden will also be seeking to ward
03:34 off a wider regional conflagration following threats from Hezbollah and its backer, Iran.
03:41 Israel has ordered the evacuation of 28 villages to create a two-kilometre security zone on
03:47 its Lebanese border, as Netanyahu warned Israelis they should prepare for a long battle.
03:53 And I have a message for Iran and Hezbollah, don't test us in the north.
03:58 Don't make the same mistake you once made because today the price you will pay will
04:02 be much heavier," the prime minister told the Knesset on Monday.
04:06 Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, has warned of pre-emptive action if Israel
04:12 moves closer to its looming ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.
04:16 "Leaders of the resistance will not allow the Zionist regime to do whatever it wants
04:21 in Gaza and then go after other resistance groups after it's done with Gaza," Amir-Abdollahian
04:27 told state television.
04:29 "Therefore any pre-emptive action is possible in the coming hours.
04:33 The resistance front is capable of waging a long-term war with the enemy," he added.
04:38 Kirby said the US had not seen any signs that Iran might try to get directly involved in
04:43 the Israel-Hamas conflict.
04:45 The US has deployed two aircraft carrier groups to the region and about 2,000 US troops had
04:51 been put on alert for non-combat roles in possible support of Israel.
04:56 The White House has asked Congress to approve more than $2 billion (£1.64bn) in additional
05:03 assistance for both Israel and Ukraine.
05:06 "We are not putting conditions on the military assistance that we are providing to Israel,"
05:11 Kirby said.
05:12 "They have a right to defend themselves.
05:14 They have a right to go after this terrorist threat."
05:17 On Tuesday, the head of US Central Command, General Michael Eric Perilla, arrived in Israel
05:24 on an unannounced visit, saying he had come to ensure his Israeli counterparts had the
05:29 military supplies they needed.
05:32 Hamas released a video on Monday in which a French-Israeli hostage, 21-year-old Mia Skom,
05:38 was shown having her injured arm treated and appealing for her release.
05:42 Khaled Meshiel, a top Hamas official, said the group has what it needs in order to free
05:48 all Palestinians in Israel's jails, suggesting that the hostages could be used as bargaining
05:54 chips.
05:55 The Hamas armed wing has said separately that the non-Israelis it was holding were guests
05:59 who would be released when circumstances were not in their favor.