U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS DISCUSSED DURING RUBIO & SA’AR DC MEETING – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar described the meeting as “very good”
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar at the State Department yesterday.
Sa’ar, asked what the plan was for a Palestinian state, said there would not be any. Saar made the comment to reporters following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington that the foreign minister described as “very good.”
Israeli tanks pushed into a new area on the edge of Gaza City overnight, destroying houses and prompting residents to flee, witnesses said, ahead of an expected meeting on the war to be chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Israel has said it is preparing to launch a new offensive in Gaza City, which it describes as Hamas’ last bastion. Around half of the enclave’s two million people are currently living there and Israel has said they will be told to evacuate.
The war was triggered on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led fighters stormed into Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, Israeli tallies show.
Israel’s subsequent military campaign against Hamas has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities. It has plunged the enclave into a humanitarian crisis, displaced nearly its entire population and left much of the territory in ruins.
