US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated on Thursday that rocket attacks by Gaza terrorists against Israel must cease and stressed that Israel has the right to defend itself.
“I spoke yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as well as with Palestinian President Abbas, and as you know, President Biden spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu as well. This is part of a comprehensive, ongoing outreach and dialogue at all levels of the US Government to our respective counterparts, with the objective of achieving an end to the violence, which continues to claim the lives of innocent children, women, and men,” said Blinken at a joint briefing with Australia's Foreign Minister, Marise Payne.
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