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Blinken says Israel must take “new measures” to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza

The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenassured this Tuesday before world leaders that Israel You must take”more measurements” for “reduce civilian casualties”in his war in Gaza stripeven when faced”for the Palestinian group Hamas.

Israel must take further steps to reduce civilian casualties, even as it confronts the enemy who started this war with the massacre of civilians on October 7th.. An enemy that carries out operations from schools, hospitals, fields… an enemy that cynically hides behind or beneath the people it claims to represent“, said the head of diplomacy of the U.S at an international conference on humanitarian response to Link in Jordan.

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He assured in this meeting, organized by Jordan, Egypt and the United Nations in the region dead Seain the southwest of the Hashemite kingdom, which “everybody knows” what “There is no time to waste, given the hell that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face every day”.

Therefore, Blinken insisted, as he has done since yesterday at the beginning of his tour in Middle Eastthat its first and main message is to press “every government, every multilateral institution and every humanitarian organization that wants relief from the enormous suffering in Gaza” what Hamas join and accept the agreement.

Pressure them publicly or privately (…) after all, the proposal is practically identical to what Hamas itself proposed on May 6“, he said, and recalled the resolution approved this Monday by the United Nations Security Council in support of the proposed truce in Gaza, announced by the American president, Joe Biden.

Regarding humanitarian aid, he stated that Israel is taking “important steps“open more border crossings to address obstacles to providing assistance”,but you can and should do more”.

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As we communicated directly to the Israeli government, it is crucial to speed up the inspection of trucks and reduce delays to provide greater clarity and reduce the list of prohibited goods, increase visas for humanitarian workers and process them more quickly to create clear channels and more effective for humanitarian aid. organizations”, he stated.

In his speech, Blinken announced a new package of 404 million dollars for the Palestinians, which adds to the 1.8 billion that the North American country has already allocated since 2021.

Also the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchesannounced since the conference in Jordan that Spain will mobilize an additional package of 16 million euros this year to support Palestine.

Source: Elcomercio

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