The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has visited Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At the negotiations, he warned that Israel’s going forward to attack Rafah might lead to a global ostracisation.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smpotrich has announced the seizure of 800 hectares of Palestine land in the occupied West Bank as state land.
In a related event, Russia and China vetoed a measure for a ceasefire in Gaza proposed by the United States.