Gaza talks to resume soon: US administration official
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Mon / 15 April 2024 / 13:34
Captives exchange discussions between Israel and the Palestinian resistance, Hamas are set to begin as soon as this week, despite a small delay caused by Iran's retaliatory strike, a senior US administration official said on Sunday.
Tehran -ISNA- The US official told reporters that the US looks forward to "picking that back up as early as this week."
"Obviously, the situation delayed that a little bit, but we look forward to picking that back up as early as this coming week," he stated.
White House spokesperson John Kirby revealed that the United States does not want to see more escalations in the Middle East, following the events of Iran's retaliatory operation against Israel on Sunday.
"We're not looking for a wider war with Iran," he told NBC's Meet the Press.
The White House official also added that the US was "staying vigilant" to Iranian threats against US soldiers, saying "We made it very clear to all parties, including Iran, what we would do ... and also how seriously we would take any potential threats to our personnel."
This comes after the IRGC warned the US government that supporting or taking part in harming Iran's interests would result in a decisive and regrettable response by the Iranian Armed Forces.
The IRGC launched a massive operation late Saturday, targeting the occupation entity with dozens of missiles and drones in response to the attack on Iran's consulate in Damascus last week, which resulted in the martyrdom of seven senior IRGC advisors, including Brigadier General martyr Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the leader of the IRGC's Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon.
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