Rubio is going ahead with the visit despite President Donald Trump gently reprimanding Israel for a surprise attack on Hamas on Tuesday in Qatar, a key US partner.
Rubio will emphasize “the US commitment to Israeli security,“ Pigott said.
He said that Rubio would discuss Israel’s “operational goals and objectives” in its new offensive which includes a goal of seizing the already rubble-strewn territory’s main urban hub of Gaza City.
Israel on Tuesday carried out strikes on Hamas leadership in Qatar, which has served as a key intermediary with Hamas, whose leaders were gathering to discuss a new ceasefire proposal put forward by the Trump administration.
Quiet on settlements
The State Department did not immediately confirm reports that Rubio would take part in the inauguration of a new tunnel in Jerusalem’s Old City for visitors approaching the Temple Mount, the holiest site for Jews, which is also sacred for Muslims as the Al-Aqsa compound.
Israel seized East Jerusalem in the 1967 war and later annexed it and declared Jerusalem its indivisible capital, a step not recognized by most of the world.
The Trump administration has declined to criticize ramped-up Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank. Netanyahu vowed Thursday there would be no Palestinian state and “this place belongs to us” at a signing ceremony for a major settlement project.
Israel launched an all-out offensive in Gaza in October 2023 following a massive attack launched from territory by Hamas that resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
The UN has declared famine in parts of Gaza, which Israel contests. - AFP
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