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Bilal Tariq

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Israel, where he is set to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.    It comes as tensions mount in the Middle East over the Israeli attack on Qatar last week,  with an emergency session of the Arab-Islamic summit set for Monday in Doha.     Rubio’s trip comes after US President Donald Trump criticised Israel over the "brazen and failed" attack on Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital.    Netanyahu has defended the operation, saying that killing senior Hamas officials would remove the “main obstacle” to ending the war.    Subscribe here:    #Israel #Doha  #MKK NEWS

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00:00Hello, welcome to MKK News.

00:03United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Israel,

00:08where he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

00:11amid escalating tensions in the Middle East due to the unprecedented Israeli assault on Qatar last week.

00:18An emergency session of the Arab Islamic Summit is planned for Monday in Doha,

00:23coinciding with Israel's ongoing destruction of Gaza.

00:26Rubio's visit, which commenced on Sunday,

00:30follows U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of Israel

00:33regarding the audacious and unsuccessful attack on Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital.

00:40Qatar's Prime Minister meets Trump after Israel's lethal strike on Doha.

00:45The UN Security Council has united in condemning the Israeli bombing of Qatar.

00:51The UN General Assembly supports the two-state initiative for Israel and Palestine.

00:57Before his departure for Israel, Rubio informed reporters that although Trump was not happy about the strike,

01:05it would not alter the nature of our relationship with the Israelis.

01:10However, he noted that the U.S. and Israel would deliberate on the implications of this incident

01:16for efforts to achieve a truce in Israel's conflict with Gaza.

01:20The President desires a resolution to this situation, which entails the simultaneous release of 48 hostages.

01:26Hamas must no longer pose a threat, allowing us to transition to the next phase,

01:34which involves the reconstruction of Gaza, he stated.

01:37A significant part of our discussions during this visit will revolve around

01:51how last week's events with Qatar influenced that, Rubio remarked.

01:56He indicated that it remains unclear who would oversee the reconstruction,

02:02who would finance it, and who would manage the process.

02:05In a post on Exxon Saturday, Rubio expressed that his focus in Israel would be on securing the return of hostages,

02:13ensuring humanitarian aid reaches civilians, and addressing the threat posed by Hamas.

02:20Speaking from the Jordanian capital, Amman,

02:24Al Jazeera's Hamda Salhut mentioned that Rubio would also be involved in damage control

02:30following the international backlash against Israel's strikes in Qatar.

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