Secretary Rubio said, "Obviously, they have to decide if they want to do that after last week or not, but we want them to know that if there's any country in the world that could help end this through a negotiation, it's Qatar." He added that time is running out as the Israeli Defense Forces continues efforts to take control of Gaza City. The U.S. secretary of state said, "The Israelis have begun to take operations there, so we think we have a very short window of time in which a deal can happen. We don't have months anymore, and we probably have days and maybe a few weeks to go." |