Chinese and US foreign ministers call for de-escalation in the Middle East
The foreign ministers of the USA and China discussed the war between Israel and the radical Islamic group Hamas in a telephone conversation on Wednesday. According to reports from Washington and Beijing, the two agreed on the need to de-escalate the conflict. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken "reaffirmed the need for all parties to work to prevent the conflict from escalating", his ministry said.
According to Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized that the "top priority is to cease fire and end the war as soon as possible".
The war between Israel and Hamas has now been going on for more than eight weeks. On 7 October, hundreds of fighters from Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist organization by the USA and the EU, invaded Israel and committed atrocities, mainly against civilians. According to Israeli reports, around 1,200 people were killed and around 240 people were taken hostage.
In response, Israel began massive attacks on targets in the Gaza Strip. According to the latest information from Hamas, which cannot be independently verified, more than 16,200 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since then, most of them civilians.
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Source: www.ntv.de
