WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said part of the motivation for Hamas' latest attack on Israel may have been disrupting a potential normalising of Israel-Saudi Arabia ties and said Washington will announce new a
Israeli rescue teams evacuate a wounded person near the southern city of Sderot after a Hamas attack. on Israel may have been disrupting a potential normalising of Israel-Saudi Arabia ties and said Washington will announce new assistance for Israel on Sunday .in Gaza on Sunday, with hundreds reportedly killed on both sides. The spiralling violence threatens a major new Middle East war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month he believed his country was on the cusp of peace with Saudi Arabia, predicting it could reshape the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam's two holiest shrines, has long insisted on the Palestinians' right to statehood as a condition of recognising Israel - something that many members of Netanyahu's nationalist religious coalition have long resisted.
The United said on Sunday that Saudi-Israel normalisation efforts should continue despite the latest attack. "We have reports that several Americans were killed. We're working overtime to verify that," Blinken said."We are looking at specific additional requests that the Israelis have made. I think you're likely to hear more about that later today," Blinken told CNN.'We are at war': 5 things to know about Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israel
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