US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Israel to try to extend truce

Towards a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas? American Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared, Wednesday November 29 in Brussels, that he was going to Israel, in particular to try to extend the truce, which ends Thursday morning. A new expected exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners is planned for today. Follow our live stream.

New releases Tuesday evening. Twelve hostages (10 Israelis and two Thais) and 30 Palestinian prisoners were released again Tuesday evening. The truce agreement has already enabled the release of 60 Israeli hostages and 180 Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli prisons. Twenty-one foreign hostages, the majority Thais living in Israel, were released outside the framework of this agreement.

Continuation of talks. Our main goal at present, and our hope, is to achieve a lasting truce that will lead to further negotiations and, ultimately, an end to the war.” , said Qatari Foreign Minister Majed Al-Ansari. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected back in Israel and the West Bank this week.

Humanitarian aid in trickles. In total, according to a White House official, 2,000 trucks managed to deliver food, fuel, medicine and equipment necessary for the operation of seawater desalination infrastructure. “In just over four weeks, we reached a sustained rate of 240 trucks per day.”


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