Middle East: US top diplomat Rubio visits Israel for talks DW 09/14/2025
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Middle East: US top diplomat Rubio visits Israel for talks  DW  09/14/2025
"DW is resuming its reporting on the conflict in Gaza and developments in the wider Middle East on Sunday as top US diplomat Marco Rubio arrives in Israel. Meanwhile, Israel is intensifying its assault on Gaza City, describing it is a last bastion of Hamas militants that it has sworn to eliminate after the deadly Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. Read here for more on the top headlines from the region."
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said senior Hamas members based in Qatar are prolonging the war and preventing the release of Israeli hostages. "The Hamas terrorist chiefs living in Qatar don't care about the people in Gaza," Netanyahu said in a post on X. "They blocked all ceasefire attempts in order to endlessly drag out the war. Getting rid of them would remove the main obstacle to releasing"
"US Secretary of State Rubio has prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem at the start of his Israel trip Israel's military is ramping up its offensive to seize Gaza City Residents have again been warned to move toward a 'humanitarian zone' near Khan Younis Protesters in Berlin have urged the German government to do more for peace Read below all of the developments in Israel's war in Gaza and the wider Middle East region on Saturday, September 13, and Sunday, September 14."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel days after an Israeli airstrike hit Qatar, a US ally, and prayed at the Western Wall alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Defense Forces are intensifying their offensive aimed at seizing Gaza City, which Israel describes as the last bastion of Hamas militants. Residents were warned to move toward a designated 'humanitarian zone' near Khan Younis. Protesters in Berlin urged the German government to do more for peace. Prime Minister Netanyahu accused senior Hamas leaders based in Qatar of blocking ceasefire efforts and preventing the release of Israeli hostages.
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