Hamas has released an American mother and daughter, bolstering hopes for other hostages; Israeli forces continue to prepare for a ground assault. Follow updates here.
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel that killed about 1400 people aimed to disrupt a potential normalisation of ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, US President Joe Biden said on Friday . Saudi Arabia, a Middle East powerhouse and home to Islam’s two holiest shrines, gave its blessing to Gulf neighbours United Arab Emirates and Bahrain establishing relations with Israel in 2020 under the previous US administration of Donald Trump.
The potential normalisation of relations with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states was a top priority for Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his June trip to Riyadh, although he acknowledged no progress should be expected imminently. Blinken told CNN on October 8 that “it wouldn’t be a surprise that part of the motivation may have been to disrupt efforts to bring Saudi Arabia and Israel together.
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