Netanyahu praised Trump’s ‘Bold Vision’ for Gaza at the Rubio meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he is working in “full cooperation” with the US on the “general strategy” for Gaza after a conversation with US State Secretary Marco Rubio.
Netanyahu praised US President Donald Trump’s “bold vision” for Gaza’s future and said that he and Rubio had “discussed ways to ensure that the future would become a reality”.
Trump A lot of criticism for America to handle Gaza And its population has been resettled, rejected by Palestinians and Arab countries.
Rubio said that the plan could be “shocked and shocked”, but that took “courage” for Trump, which was to propose the option of the “tired ideas” of the past.
Rubio is visiting Israel on its first visit to the Middle East as America’s top diplomat. He is also planning to meet Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the coming days. Discuss on ending war in Ukraine,
Speaking at a news conference in Jerusalem after its meeting, Rubio and Netanyahu underlined the areas of agreement, including the desire to erase Hamas’s glory, Iran is prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons, and one To monitor development in Asad Syria,
Netanyahu also condemned that he called the International Criminal Court (ICC) “Lofare”, which he “abusively” insulted Israel.
He thanked the US administration Issue of ICC issuing restrictionsWhich last year issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu on alleged war crimes in Gaza – which Israel denied – as well as a top Hamas commander.
Netanyahu said that the US and Israel had a common condition on Gaza, as they warned that “gates of hell” would be opened if all Israeli hostages were not released.
“Hamas cannot continue as a military or government force,” Rubio said. “And as long as it stands as a strength that operates or administration or a force that can threaten to use violence, peace can be impossible.”
Rubio’s visit arrived in Israel overnight after a shipment of American-made heavy bombs.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katj said that his country had delivered the MK -84 bombs from the US late on Saturday, when Trump overturned a block on the export of sages kept by his predecessor, which biden.
After Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, Biden initially sent thousands of MK -84 to Israel, but later refused to clean the bombs for export out of anxiety for his impact on Gaza. The powerful 2,000 pound bombs have a wide explosion radius and it can rip through concrete and metal, destroying the entire buildings.
Katz stated that Shipment represented a “important assets” for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and served as evidence of “a strong coalition between Israel and the United States”.
The fear was more that the delicate ceasefire agreement in Gaza could fall after a dispute over a planned mortgage release, which had almost miscarried but Finally moved forward on Saturday,
