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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is working on “total cooperation” with the United States in a “common strategy” for Gaza, after conversations with the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
Netanyahu praised the “bold vision” of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, for the future of Gaza and said that he and Rubio had discussed ways to “ensure that the future becomes a reality.”
Trump’s Very critical plan for the United States to take over Gaza and reset its population, has been discarded by Palestinians and Arab nations.
Rubio said the plan may have “shocked and surprised people”, but that Trump took “courage” to propose an alternative to the “tired ideas” of the past.
Rubio is visiting Israel on his first tour of the Middle East as the main diplomat of the United States. It also plans to know Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the next few days to Discuss ending war in Ukraine.
Speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem after their meeting, Rubio and Netanyahu described the areas of agreement, including the desire to eradicate Hamas’ government capacity, prevent I will get a nuclear weapon and monitor the developments in a Post-Assad Syria.
Netanyahu also condemned what he called “Law” of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which said “scandalously s defamated” Israel.
Thanked the US administration for Issue sanctions against the CPIThat last year issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu on alleged war crimes in Gaza, what Israel denies, as well as a high Hamas commander.
The United States and Israel had a common position in Gaza, said Netanyahu, since he warned that the “doors of hell” would open if all Israeli hostages were not released.
“Hamas cannot continue as a military or government force,” Rubio added. “And as long as it remains as a force that can govern or administer or a force that can threaten the use of violence, peace becomes impossible.”
Rubio’s visit occurs after a sending of American manufacturing pumps arrived in Israel during the night.
Israel’s Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, said his country had received a MK-84 bomb delivery of the United States , Joe Biden.
Initially, Biden sent thousands of MK-84 to Israel after Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, but then refused to clear the export bombs for concern for their impact in Gaza. The powerful 2,000 -pound bombs have a wide explosion radius and can tear concrete and metal, destroying complete buildings.
Katz said the shipment represented a “significant asset” for the Israel Defense forces (FDI) and served as evidence of the “strong alliance between Israel and the United States.”
The fears had been high that the fragile high -fire agreement in Gaza could collapse, after a dispute over a planned hostage release, which was almost aborted but Finally I went ahead on Saturday.