Rubio in Israel hoping to revive Gaza ceasefire prospects
發佈日期: 2025-09-14 20:59
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Dozens of Palestinians, including 12 children, were killed across Gaza City as Israel ramps up its offensive and orders people to evacuate the area.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Israel for talks on how to revive ceasefire prospects after Israel's recent attack on the Qatari capital, Doha, where Hamas leaders were to discuss the latest U.S. proposal with mediators.
Another building destroyed in Gaza City by Israel forces. Multiple blasts across the area killed dozens.
A mother and her three children were among 10 killed in the Sheikh Ridwan neighbourhood, while Palestinian footballer Mohamed Ramez Sultan and 14 members of his family lost their lives.
Israel's military, the IDF, continues to urge Palestinians to leave the strip's most populous city of around one million.
Palestinian officials say more than 100,000 have fled south, while many are unable to afford the transport costs and most are simply tired of being displaced.
Nidal Abu Youssef appealed to Hamas leaders, who were recently targeted by an Israeli strike in Doha, to bring peace.
Feel what we are feeling, he said. You have been hit by one missile, we've been facing missiles like nuclear bombs for two years.
Six people were killed in Doha, but none of the negotiation team, in a strike that was condemned by most of the world, including Israel's closest ally the United States, which has a major military base in Qatar.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Tel Aviv today, greeted by officials including U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
Before he left Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Rubio told reporters that the U.S. maintained support for Israel despite President Donald Trump being unhappy with the Doha strikes.
"The U.S.-Israeli relationship is very strong," said Rubio. "It continues to be strong and the president wants this conflict to end, he wants all the hostages out, all 48 of them, living and deceased. Obviously, we're concerned about events last week, he didn't like the way it went down, he's expressed that publicly. We'll talk about what impact it will have on efforts to get all the hostages back."
Also unhappy about the Doha strikes are relatives of hostages, who continued the weekend rallies in Israel demanding their release.
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu experienced a spectacular failure, even quoting Trump as saying that every time there is progress in negotiations, Netanyahu bombs them.
