US Secretary of State Marco Rubio travelling to Israel after Qatari prime minister meeting

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP

Published connected 13/09/2025 - 17:42 GMT+2 •Updated 18:29

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is group to get successful Israel connected Sunday for a two-day visit, which follows soon aft his gathering pinch Qatar's premier curate connected Friday, successful what appears to beryllium an effort by nan United States to equilibrium relations successful nan Middle East.

During his visit, Rubio and Israeli leaders will talk "operational goals" successful Gaza, and America's priorities successful Israeli and broader Middle Eastern security, pinch an accent connected nan Trump administration’s committedness “to conflict anti-Israel actions including unilateral nickname of a Palestinian state,” nan State Department said.

The sojourn comes arsenic efforts to agent a hostage merchandise and ceasefire deal.

It comes days aft Israel struck Doha, claiming it was targeting Hamas militants who had gathered successful Qatar - a cardinal mediator successful Israel-Hamas negotiations - to talk a US connection for a ceasefire.

The onslaught sparked outrage successful nan Middle East, pinch Saudi Arabia, nan United Arab Emirates and Qatar uniting successful anger, which has disrupted Trump's stated hopes of securing a wider Middle East bid deal.

On Tuesday, astatine nan UN Security Council, nan United States condemned nan onslaught connected Doha, and Trump promised Qatar it would not beryllium repeated, claiming it “does not beforehand Israel aliases America’s goals."

Rubio and Vice President JD Vance met Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani astatine nan White House. The Qatari premier curate later met pinch US President Donald Trump and typical envoy Steve Witkoff successful New York.

In a imaginable motion of Trump's displeasure pinch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Rubio will meet successful Israel pinch nan families of hostages still held by Hamas, galore of whom are opposed to Israel's caller plans to inhabit Gaza City. Rubio will “underscore that their relatives’ return remains a apical priority,” nan State Department said.

“I deliberation this is an emergency circuit designed to show immoderate benignant of solidarity aft nan Doha strikes,” erstwhile US diplomat Aaron David Miller who worked connected Israel-Palestinian and different Middle East issues from 1978 to 2003 said.

“They are trying to navigate a delicate balance, demonstrating irritation but successful nary measurement imposing immoderate benignant of meaningful actions against Israel,” said Miller, “This is simply a good statement nan management is walking.”