Senior US officials are expected in the Middle East on Wednesday to push Biden’s ceasefire deal, as nine Israeli soldiers were injured in base explosion.
The head of the CIA and a White House special adviser are expected in the Middle East on Wednesday to rally support for the latest ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
A source in Qatar, which along with Egypt and the United States is leading the indirect mediation between Israel and Hamas, said that CIA boss William Burns was expected in Doha to “continue working with the mediators to reach an agreement” on a ceasefire.
According to Axios, US President Joe Biden’s special advisor on the Middle East, Brett McGurk, is expected in Cairo on Wednesday, a few days after Biden announced a new proposed agreement.
In another development, nine Israeli soldiers were injured, two of them seriously, when ordnance exploded at a military base in the South of Israel, the army announced on Wednesday.
“An explosion of munitions occurred on a military base in southern Israel. The incident is under investigation,” an army statement said about the Tuesday blast. It added that the injured soldiers were receiving treatment.
Israeli media reported that the explosion took place at a base in the Negev Desert.
With AFP
