US Secretary of State Antony Blinken “made clear that Palestinians must not be forcibly displaced,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said after their meeting.
Israel remains under constant rocket fire, still reeling from the trauma of October 7. Here are the five primary challenges it currently confronts, one month into the war with Hamas.
The IDF, which struck over 2,500 targets in Gaza in the past week as per Israeli media, operated in the vicinity of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Strip.
ISRAEL AT WAR: If most Hamas terrorists are in the south, then until the IDF starts invading there in a serious way, the true fight will not have started.
Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine voices on social media each blame the opposite side for the killing of a group of civilians fleeing to the south of Gaza, but what does the evidence say?
Explaining why it took "so long" to get foreign nationals out, the official said Hamas conditioned the release of foreigners on wounded Palestinians being able to exit as well.
In the same speech, he also repeated his call for "humanitarian pauses" in Israel's bombardment of the enclave to help aid deliveries, which are far below pre-conflict levels.
At least 320 foreign nationals and dozens of severely injured Gazans were among the first beneficiaries of the Qatari-mediated deal brokered between Egypt, Israel and Hamas.