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Blinken cautioned that the way that Israel carried out its attacks and said that it (Israel) needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values for human life and human dignity. He told Israel to take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi as the Biden administration scrambles to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from becoming a broader regional conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed his country’s support for Israel in its fight against Hamas.
Speaking in Cairo after meeting with Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, Blinken however cautioned that the way that Israel carried out its attacks and said that it (Israel) needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values for human life and human dignity. He told Israel to take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians.
Blinken will return to Israel this week after completing a frantic six-country rush through Arab nations aimed at preventing the Israel-Hamas war from igniting a broader regional conflict. The U.S. State Department announced Blinken’s plan to travel Monday to Israel — his second visit in five days — as America’s top diplomat arrived in Cairo for talks with el-Sissi.
It was the last of Blinken’s meetings with Arab leaders amid increasing fears that an impending Israeli ground offensive into Gaza could spark a wider war with devastating humanitarian consequences. During his meeting with Blinken, el-Sissi said Israel’s Gaza operation has exceeded “the right of self-defense and turned into a collective punishment, according to Egypt’s state-run media. It was the strongest public pushback that Blinken had heard from the seven Arab leaders with whom he had met on the trip.
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Before landing in Egypt, Blinken met on Sunday morning with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. Earlier, he had talks with the leaders of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority.
