Top US diplomat tours Arab states in effort to avoid regional unrest over likely Israeli invasion of Gaza Strip
The US’s most senior diplomat has urged Israel to take every possible precaution to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza as he called for safe zones to be established in the enclave where shelter, food, water and medical supplies can be provided.
The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, was on a tour of six Arab nations on Friday to forestall a wider war sweeping across the Middle East. There are fears that a conflagration may erupt if Israel’s determination to crush Hamas leads to a slaughter in Gaza or an enforced exodus of millions of Palestinians into Egypt.
