Israel-Gaza War Day 26: US sends additional troops to Middle East, Blinken to visit Israel second time | Top 10 updates
war-torn Israel on Friday. The United States and other countries are looking at "a variety of possible permutations" for the future of the Gaza Strip if Hamas militants are removed from control. 1) Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head back to Israel on Friday.
After meeting with Israeli officials, he will then “make other stops in the region," according to department spokesman Matthew Miller. 2) Blinken visited Israel twice in the days after the October 7 assault by Hamas. He also made stops in Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Bloomberg reported.
3) The United States is sending an additional 300 troops to the Middle East to assist with explosive ordinance disposal and communications, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. It had already announced that it was sending 900 troops to the region in response to tensions. 4) The Israeli military said its ground and air forces targeted a network of Hamas militants in the Jabaliya area in northern Gaza that had taken control over civilian buildings, killing dozens of them including one of the group’s senior leaders.
5) Dozens were reported killed and wounded at a Gaza refugee camp. Health officials in the Hamas-controlled territory said the Jabaliya camp was hit by a series of Israeli airstrikes. 6) The Rafah border crossing is set to open Wednesday to let some wounded Palestinians leave, and Egypt said it’s ready to allow more aid trucks in, as per Bloomberg reports.
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