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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Hamas Leader Says Israel Killing His Family Won’t Affect Ceasefire Negotiations [Watch (HLS stream): Hamas Leader Says Israel Killing His Family Won’t Affect Ceasefire Negotiations](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eHqAlaim.m3u8) (2:43)  _Published 2024-04-12. U.S. State Department officials said Thursday that the United States is "concerned about the risk of escalation in the Middle East" as Israel’s military said it is prepared to defend the country and strike back if Iran retaliates for a deadly airstrike on the Iranian Consulate in Syria._ --- Apr 13, 2024 4:29 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [White House National Security Spokesman Says No Immediate Signs of Escalation After Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Was Killed](/video/NPw7SbOm/) ### White House National Security Spokesman Says No Immediate Signs of Escalation After Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Was Killed [U.S. Retaliates After Iranian Drone Strikes American Forces in Syria](/video/7i5LJGfQ/) ### U.S. Retaliates After Iranian Drone Strikes American Forces in Syria [Israel Blames Hamas for Dead Teens, Retaliates](/video/exv3pbUv/) ### Israel Blames Hamas for Dead Teens, Retaliates --- ## Transcript As communities Federal tort famine as Colorado diesel spread its violence continues to claim countless lives. The world has largely remained silent and that must change and it has changed. Now the International Community must give more it must do more and it has to CareMore all of the countries who has that been identified as possibly fueling this conflict. We have had Direct conversations with every single one of them to press them to cease their support and fueling of of this war. We've had numerous discussions with countries in the region and in those discussions with countries in the region, we've encouraged them to encourage other countries, like a Ron not to not to engage you continue to be Concerned about the risk of escalation in the Middle East something we have been working to mitigate and contain since the attacks of October 7th and specifically about the threats made in recent Days by Ron against the state of Israel and the Israeli people you saw the president made clear yesterday that we stand in strong support of Israel security against these threats secretary blinkin has been engaged in diplomacy over the past 24 hours through a series of calls to foreign counterparts including Turkish foreign minister Confidant Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan to make clear that escalation is not in anyone's interest and that countries should urge not to escalate to the humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire. And that is why we are working so hard from the president on down to get more humanitarian assistance in and it's why we were working to improve deconfliction and coordination. So we don't see such a high number of Civilian casualties that we as we've seen over the past six months further Escalade. Open of this conflict doesn't just hurt Israel doesn't just hurt or wrong doesn't just hurt the countries in the region, but that it harms every country in the world. We are deeply concerned about the mall in transition governments to increase spending all political activities until further notice freedom of expression and freedom of Association are critical to an open Society. The transition government has already made a decision not to hold an election in February 2024 to return to a civilian that democratic government despite the commitment that it made publicly in 2022 to do so we call on Molly's transition government to honour its commitment to its citizens and hold free and fair elections in Mali and elsewhere democracy Remain the best foundation for stability and prosperity. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hamas Leader Says Israel Killing His Family Won’t Affect Ceasefire Negotiations","description":"U.S. State Department officials said Thursday that the United States is \"concerned about the risk of escalation in the Middle East\" as Israel’s military said it is prepared to defend the country and strike back if Iran retaliates for a deadly airstrike on the Iranian Consulate in Syria. 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