The visit will take place on May 26 and 27, as Washington expands efforts to stabilize the ceasefire regime in and around the Gaza Strip.
During the visit, Blinken will also visit Egypt, which facilitated the coordination of the ceasefire regime between Israel and the movement in the Gaza Strip. Hamasas well as Jordan.
U.S. President Joe Biden back on Friday promised to help organize efforts to “rebuild Gaza,” stressing that the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel was “the only answer” to resolving the Middle East conflict.
The ceasefire between the Gaza Strip and Israel provides an opportunity to move towards a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, Biden said at the White House, adding that he was asking God for the ceasefire to be respected.
Biden emphasized that the Palestinian movement in the Gaza Strip Hamas is considered a terrorist organization, but the United States is committed to helping the civilian population rebuild the Gaza Strip through the Palestinian Authority through a major aid program.
The Israeli-Gaza ceasefire, which took effect on May 21, has disrupted hostilities since May 10, in which some 230 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, while rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have killed 12 people in Israel.
The Israeli-Gaza military conflict resumed on May 10 with unprecedented intensity after long-range missiles were fired at Gaza by militants in the Gaza Strip. Four more days before, there had been clashes between the Israeli police and Palestinian protesters in the Aqsa Mosque complex in Jerusalem. Tensions were exacerbated by police brutal tactics at the mosque complex and threats by Jewish settlers to evict Palestinians in annexed East Jerusalem.
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