Marco Rubio in Israel as IDF destroys more Gaza City buildings

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Israel’s attack on Hamas members in Qatar to discuss the war in Gaza.

He told journalists that the relationship was “as strong and durable as the stones on the western wall,” while the relationship was in the sacred area in Jerusalem.

Previously, Rubio said that US President Donald Trump was not satisfied with Israel’s strike on the US ally, but the US-Israeli relationship was “very strong”.

As the Israeli forces continue to destroy, his visit is coming Housing buildings in Gaza, forced thousands of people to escape in front of a ground attack expected to seize the city.

“Obviously we are not satisfied with this, the president was not satisfied with this. Now we need to move forward and find out what the next step will be, Rub Rubio said before going to Israel.

In his statements at the joint Base Andrews, Rubio added that Trump’s priority remained as the return of all hostages and the end of the war. Hamas members were in Doha to discuss the latest US offer for the ceasefire in Gaza when they started Israeli strikes.

When asked if your strike in Doha has complicated and complicated the desire to work with the United States, Rubio said that they were “good partners on a series of fronts.”

Qatar – the location of a key ally and a large American air base in the region – will host an emergency Arab -Islamic summit on Monday to discuss the next moves.

Doha condemned Israel’s attack as “coward” and “ugly violation of international law”. Netanyahu said that the movement was “completely right, because he is targeting senior Hamas leaders who organized the attacks on October 7, 2023.

48 Israeli hostages, 20 of which are believed to survive, are kept by Hamas in Gaza. He said families Netanyahu “an obstacle” to prevent their return and to reach a peace agreement.

The hostages and missing families forum wrote that the strike of Israel to Qatar last week on social media shows that Netanyahu sabotaged it every time an agreement approaches.

Netanyahu’s plan to occupy the Gaza City has drew international criticisms, and the UN will push civilians into a “deeper disaster” with a military climb warning in a region where famine is proclaimed.

Sunday, confirmed by the BBC, showed bombs that hit the Al-Kawthar Tower. Local officials told Reuters that at least 30 housing buildings were destroyed. Israel said that last week has completed the wave of five air strikes in the city and targeted more than 500 areas, including buildings including Hamas discovery and sniper areas, tunnel openings and weapons stores.

Israel demanded that Gaza City residents to leave the city and go south, and on Saturday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) estimated that about 250,000 Palestinians had escaped, but it was believed that hundreds of thousands of people stayed in the region. Hamas urged people not to go.

Some say they can’t afford to go, while others say that South Gaza is not safe because Israel carried out air strikes there.

Musbah Al-Kafarna, which was displaced in Gaza, said, “I bombard it everywhere, and we downloaded the tents, more than 20 families, we don’t know where to go.” He said.

On Sunday, the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas in Gaza, said the bodies of 68 people killed by the Israeli army came to their hospitals the previous day.

Since the UN -backed global food safety experts confirmed a famine in Gaza City on 22 August, the ministry reported that at least 144 people died in the region without hunger and malnutrition. Israel has expanded its efforts to facilitate aid delivery and objected to the figures of the Ministry of Health about deaths related to malnutrition.

The Israeli army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the attack on Hamas on 7 October on 7 October, and about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were taken hostage.

According to the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas of the region, at least 64,871 people have died in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then.