Palestinians ‘must not be pressed to leave Gaza’, says Antony Blinken

Antony Blinken has said that Palestinians ‘must not be pressed to leave Gaza’ as he continues his fourth tour of the Middle East since the 7 October attacks by Hamas. Before leaving Doha in Qatar, the US secretary of state gave a news conference where he made several comments about the Israel-Gaza war. Blinken said he rejected the statements by some Israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. Some Israeli ministers have spoken recently in favour of ‘encouraging’ Palestinians to leave and re-establishing Jewish settlements in the territory, although this is not official Israeli policy
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