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Rejecting US stance, PM told Blinken that IDF will create buffer zone ‘deep’ into Gaza — report
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the latter's office in Jerusalem on November 30, 2023. (GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday in Israel that the IDF will establish a buffer zone “deep” into Gaza after the war, the Kan public broadcaster reports, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
The US has insisted in recent weeks that there be no reduction in Gaza’s territory after the war.
