Blinken urges in Jordan to avoid war expansion news

U.S. Secretary of State continues Antony Blinken Today is Sunday Jordan He has traveled extensively across the Middle East and called for avoiding the expansion of Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.

Blinken arrived in Amman last night after two stops in Türkiye and Greece.He is scheduled to hold talks with Jordan's king on Sunday Abdullah II Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will visit one of the World Food Program centers in the capital, an official from the accompanying delegation confirmed.

“We must ensure that the conflict does not expand beyond Gaza,” Blinken said Saturday night at Chania airport on the Greek island of Crete, where the war is entering its fourth month.

He added: “One of the real concerns is the border between Israel and Lebanon and we want to do everything possible to ensure that the situation does not escalate.”

Since Israel invaded the Gaza Strip, Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel have carried out daily bombings on both sides of the border. Concerns about escalating tensions in this area heightened after Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs last Tuesday. .

Yesterday, Saturday, the party announced the launch of more than 60 missiles at an “air control base” in northern Israel, within the framework of its “initial response” to Aruri's assassination. Israel has in turn launched a series of attacks in southern Lebanon.

Ensure that conflicts do not expand

Blinken noted that “many of the conversations we will have with all our allies and partners in the coming days will be about actions they can take using their influence and relationships to ensure that this conflict does not expand.”

Israel's aggression in Gaza entered its fourth month on Sunday, amid fears of an escalation, with increasing violence not only along the Israeli-Lebanese border but also in Iraq, Syria and the Red Sea.

Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip and a ground attack launched on October 27 killed more than 22,700 people, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Blinken emphasized “the need to prevent the expansion of the conflict, increase humanitarian assistance, reduce civilian casualties, strive to achieve lasting peace in the region, and promote the establishment of a Palestinian state.”

Blinken arrived Friday night arrive Istanbul Within the framework of the regional visit, discussions were held on how to avoid the expansion of the conflict in the region three months after Israel's aggression in Gaza and on promoting more aid to the Gaza Strip.

Bloomberg News quoted a senior U.S. official accompanying Blinken on the trip as saying that Washington is seeking to mobilize Ankara to support plans to govern the Gaza Strip after the war.

Thoughts on the second day

Blinken will send a message to the region that Washington will respond to attacks against its interests, the same source added, adding that the United States hopes Arab partners will convey Blinken's message to Iran.

Views on “day two” of the war in the Gaza Strip, including its reconstruction and management, are expected to be at the center of Blinken's talks with Arab leaders, who have stressed that a permanent ceasefire is a priority.

After Jordan, Blinken will travel to Qatar, which played a mediating role in the truce between Israel and Hamas in late November, allowing Gaza to release hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.

Blinken will end his day in Abu Dhabi before traveling to Saudi Arabia tomorrow Monday and then to Israel, where he is expected to hold talks, which he stressed “will not be easy.”