US EditionUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Israel on Thursday for two-day trip
Marco Rubio meets Israeli leaders to support hostage returns, disarm Hamas, and reinforce U.S. role in Gaza ceasefire with 200 troops deployed at an international command center.
- On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government announced amid a sustained U.S. presence.
- Efforts center on governance, disarmament and finding international financing for rebuilding Gaza, with U.S. officials forming a technocratic administration and seeking Saudi Arabia’s support to disarm Hamas.
- Multinational troops at the Kiryat Gat industrial zone, including soldiers from Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Britain, Denmark, and Germany, were toured by U.S. envoys and senior officers such as Brad Cooper and Gen. Patrick Frank.
- Sovereignty concerns have led Israel to reject some foreign forces while cooperating on other measures; Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will decide its security and Israel vetoed Turkish and Qatari troop deployments, while U.S. officials seek partnership not control.
- Since the Oct. 10 ceasefire, remains of 15 hostages have been returned and Gaza's Health Ministry reports over 68,000 Palestinians killed, with 165 bodies returned last week being identified and buried.
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"We are also lucid about the challenges," Marco Rubio said in a brief statement alongside the Israeli Prime Minister, who called him an "extraordinary friend of Israel" and called on both countries to "work together," as well as to "take up the challenges and seize the opportunities."
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Rubio due in Israel as US tries to shore up Gaza ceasefire
Chief US diplomat Marco Rubio was due in Israel on Thursday, the latest Washington official to visit as President Donald Trump's administration kept up efforts to cement the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
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