Blinken says Israel should not 'reoccupy' Gaza

Blinken says Israel should not ‘reoccupy’ Gaza

By : AFP

Date: 8 November 2023 3:00pm WAT

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to reporters prior to boarding his aircraft at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on his way to the Middle East and Asia on November 2, 2023. - Blinken is on his second crisis trip to the Middle East as he renews support for Israel but also seeks subtly to encourage the US ally to limit civilian deaths that have outraged much of the world. (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waits to meet Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on November 7, 2023, ahead of the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting. – Blinken arrived in Japan on November 7 for a meeting of G7 foreign ministers set to seek a common line on Gaza as calls mount for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko / POOL / AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called on Israel not to reoccupy Gaza once its war with Hamas ends.
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Speaking to reporters after G7 foreign ministers held talks in Japan, Blinken listed what he said were “key elements” in order to create “durable peace and security.”

“The United States believes key elements should include: no forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, not now, not after the war; No use of Gaza as a platform for terrorism or other violent attacks; No reoccupation of Gaza after the conflict ends,” Blinken told reporters.

He added that other conditions included no “attempt to blockade or besiege Gaza” or any “reduction in the territory of Gaza.”
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