Palestine President Abbas cancels assembly with Biden after Gaza hospital strike
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has canceled a deliberate assembly with US President Joe Biden, a senior official mentioned. This got here after an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital killed lots of on Tuesday.
The assembly was scheduled to happen in Jordan. The senior Palestinian official mentioned Abbas was returning to Ramallah, the seat of his authorities within the occupied West Financial institution, Reuters reported.
In an official assertion, the White Home earlier mentioned, “President Biden will then journey to Amman, Jordan, the place he’ll meet along with his Majesty King Abdullah, Egyptian President Sisi, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.”
“He’ll reiterate that Hamas doesn’t stand for the Palestinian individuals’s proper to dignity and self-determination and talk about the humanitarian wants of civilians in Gaza,” the assertion mentioned.
Israel had declared warfare on Hamas earlier this month after a shock assault killed greater than 1400 individuals and took round 200 hostages.
The retaliatory air strikes have since killed greater than 2,700 individuals in Palestine. Israel has additionally imposed a crippling siege on Gaza and deployed tens of hundreds of troops to the border in preparation for a floor offensive.
There’s rising concern that the escalating warfare in Gaza might spill over right into a wider Center East battle.
The US army ordered 2,000 personnel to arrange for deployment to the Center East as a present of pressure on Tuesday. Nationwide Safety Council spokesman John Kirby nonetheless advised CNN that the nation presently had no plans to truly ‘put US boots on the bottom in fight in Israel’.
Biden is about to go to Israel amid an ongoing warfare with Hamas fighters. The journey was first confirmed by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and later in an official assertion from the White Home mentioned that US President Joe Biden will go to Israel Wednesday in a present of “ironclad” help.
The go to comes nearly 12 days after Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, an ally of the US, declared warfare on Hamas fighters and unleashed incessant bombarding on Gaza, killing 3,00 individuals and wounding 12,500.
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Up to date: 18 Oct 2023, 06:32 AM IST
