Türkiye calls for urgent ceasefire, Israel comments on US sending nuclear submarine to region

A Turkish Foreign Ministry source said that on November 6, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his US counterpart Antony Blinken that a ceasefire needed to be declared urgently in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians search for relatives and belongings after an Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, November 1. (Source: Reuters)

After talks between the two foreign ministers in the Turkish capital Ankara, the source said, Mr. Fidan also told his US counterpart that Israel must be prevented from carrying out actions targeting civilians and displacing people in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier in the day, Secretary of State Blinken said he had discussed with Mr. Fidan efforts to expand humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip and prevent the conflict in the region from spreading.

In another related development, also on November 6, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht said that the IDF is being cautious in attacking Hamas Islamist forces hiding in tunnels and trenches in the northern Gaza Strip.

Currently, the IDF has completely isolated the northern Gaza Strip and mobilized many tanks and soldiers to the area to attack Hamas as well as find ways to rescue hostages.

“We are starting to get closer to them now… That means both above ground and in the tunnels,” Lieutenant Colonel Hecht told reporters.

Regarding the US sending nuclear submarines to the region to increase deterrence, Mr. Hecht also welcomed Washington's move, considering it an effort to prevent the war in the Gaza Strip from spreading to other fronts.

On the same day, November 6, President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen announced that the bloc is increasing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by 25 million Euros, equivalent to 27 million USD.

Speaking to European diplomats in Brussels, Ms. Leyen stated: "By doing so, the European Union (EU) will spend a total of 100 million Euros in humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip."

The official also assessed that the aid flow from Egypt to the Gaza Strip is still “too little” and the EU is working to establish other possible routes, including shipping by sea via Cyprus.

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