US top diplomat Antony Blinken will depart for a week of diplomacy on Israel’s bombardment in Gaza, visiting Israel and the West Bank, as well as Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt over the next week, Reuters reports citing US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller.
Blinken will discuss specific steps that parties in the region can take to prevent the fighting from expanding, Miller said at a regular press briefing.
“It is in no one’s interest — not Israel’s, not the region’s, not the world’s — for this conflict to spread beyond Gaza,” Miller said.
Blinken would also discuss immediate measures to increase humanitarian assistance to Gaza and efforts to bring home the remaining hostages taken by Hamas, Miller added.
