White House in active discussions with Israel over safe passage of civilians from Gaza

Record ID: 1745598

  • Title: White House in active discussions with Israel over safe passage of civilians from Gaza
  • Date: 11th October 2023
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 11, 2023) (REUTERS) NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESPERSON, JOHN KIRBY, WALKING UP TO LECTERN (SOUNDBITE) (English) NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESPERSON, JOHN KIRBY, SAYING: "So I know many of you have been asking about or expressing some interest in the idea of safe passage in Gaza for civilians. Let me just say right up front, we're actively discussing this with our Israeli and our Egyptian counterparts. We support safe passage for civilians. Civilians are not to blame for what Hamas has done, they didn't do anything wrong. And we continue to support safe passage. I don't have an announcement to make today. I can't tell you a specific route or a corridor. I just want to make it clear that we are actively working on this with our Egyptian and our Israeli counterparts." KIRBY LISTENING TO QUESTIONS
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2023 19:35
  • Keywords: Egypt Gaza strip Hamas Israel John Kirby White House civilians safe passage
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001915811102023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Biden administration is having active discussions with Israel to help transport Gaza civilians as Israel strikes the enclave after a deadly Hamas attack over the weekend, White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Wednesday (October 11).
    According to Kirby, the U.S. is in conversations with Israel and Egypt to discuss a potential corridor.
    Israel has battered Palestinians with deadly air strikes in Gaza after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel on Saturday that left hundreds dead.
    Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 900 Palestinians were killed and up to 4,600 wounded in Israeli air strikes on the blockaded enclave since Saturday. The enclave, only 40km (25 miles) long by 10km (6 miles) wide, is home to 2.3 million people.
    (Production: Gerardo Gomez)
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