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US urges ending violence but no explicit call for ceasefire
17 May 2021 00:15 BST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called three of his Arab counterparts - the foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar - on Sunday and urged restoring "calm" and stopping the violence in Gaza, but he stopped short of calling for a ceasefire.
"The secretary reiterated his call on all parties to de-escalate tensions and bring a halt to the violence, which has claimed the lives of Israeli and Palestinian civilians, including children," said a State Department statement, describing the call with Egypt's Sameh Shoukry.