US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Israel needed a post-bombardment plan as soon as possible after a senior official predicted the fighting against Gaza would last until the end of the year, AFP reports.

“In the absence of a plan for the day after, there won’t be a day after. And this is where we need to go, and (what) we need to get, as quickly as possible,” Blinken told reporters on a visit to Moldova.