Middle East updates: Baerbock begins tour amid stalled Gaza talks
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has arrived in Riyadh for a series of talks on the volatile situation in the Middle East. Baerbock is set to travel to Jordan, Israel and the occupied West Bank to push for cease-fire talks and the release of remaining hostages in Gaza.
Meanwhile, an Israeli drone strike in the West Bank city of Tubas has reportedly killed at least five people, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Here are the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war and news from the wider Middle East region on Thursday, September 5:
The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported early Thursday that an Israeli drone strike killed five men and wounded another in a car in Tubas in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it carried out “three targeted strikes on armed terrorists that posed a threat on the soldiers,” without elaborating.
For more than a week, hundreds of Israeli forces have been carrying out the deadliest operation in the occupied West Bank since the Israel-Hamas war began.
The Israeli military says militant groups in the West Bank have strengthened and carried out attacks against Israeli forces and civilians over the past year.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has arrived in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, for the first leg of her Middle East tour.
Baerbock landed in Riyadh shortly before 2200 GMT/UTC Wednesday night and is set to meet with the country’s foreign minister on Thursday morning.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Kathrin Deschauer said that Baerbock and her Saudi Arabian counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saudwill discuss “the dramatic situation in the region.”
The pair will also discuss strikes by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea — one of the world’s most important shipping routes.
Baerbock is then due to travel to Jordan to meet with her counterpart to discuss coordinating humanitarian aid to people in Gaza, according to Berlin.
She is scheduled to meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz and Defense Minister Yoav Galant on Friday. She then travels to the occupied West Bank.
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