US says it aims to ‘lower temperature’ in Middle East

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US says it aims to ‘lower temperature’ in Middle East

The US is aiming “to turn the temperature down” in the Middle East, the country’s ambassador to the UN has said, after Iran dismissed calls from Western countries to refrain from retaliating against ******* for the ************** of ******’ leader last month.

On Tuesday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN Security Council in New York the US wanted to “deter and defend against any future ******* and avoid regional conflict”.

Her comments came as the US stepped up its efforts to reach a ceasefire between ******* and ****** in Gaza.

Asked by a reporter whether reaching such a deal would help deter Iran from launching attacks on *******, US President Joe Biden said: “That’s my expectation but we’ll see.”

“We’ll see what Iran does and we’ll see what happens if there’s any *******, but I’m not giving up,” he said, while exiting his plane during a visit to New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday.

A new round of ceasefire talks is scheduled to take place in either Doha or Cairo on Thursday.

But ****** official Ahmad Abdul Hadi has reportedly said ****** will not take part in the talks, according to reports by the New York Times and Sky News.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed plans to travel to the Middle East on Tuesday to participate in negotiations on ending the war in Gaza.

International mediators from the US, Egypt and Qatar have been pushing for a ceasefire deal that would see ******** hostages released to their families and ************ civilians returned to their homes.

Meanwhile, Washington has also approved a shipment of arms sales worth $20bn (£15.5bn) to ******* – the arms will take years to reach *******.

At the Security Council meeting in New York, Ms Thomas-Greenfield called for a ceasefire deal to be finalised.

“A broader regional conflict is not inevitable,” she said.

“The ******* States’ overall goal ******** to turn the temperature down in the region, deter and defend against any future attacks, and avoid regional conflict,” she added.

“That starts with finalizing a deal for an immediate ceasefire with ******** release in Gaza. We need to get this over the finish line.”

But ************ ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, accused the Security Council of not doing enough to stop *******’s military operation in Gaza.

“Wake up. Stop finding excuses. Stop imagining that you can reason with the ******** government so it stops ******** civilians by the thousands, imposing famine, torturing prisoners, colonising and annexing our land, all while you appeal to them, call on them, demand them to stop,” Mr Mansour said.

******** ambassador Gilad Erdan claimed ****** used civilians as human targets in Gaza.

******* launched a military campaign in Gaza to ******** ****** in response to an unprecedented ******* on southern ******* on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were ******* and 251 were taken ********.

More than 39,920 people have been ******* in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s ******-run health ministry.

Hundreds of people have also been ******* in the almost daily exchanges of ***** between Hezbollah and the ******** military across the *******-Lebanon border since the day after the start of the conflict.

Amid a flurry of international diplomacy to de-escalate tensions, Iran on Monday dismissed calls from the *** and other Western countries to refrain from retaliation against ******* for the ******** of ****** leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

*******, which did not say it was involved in Haniyeh’s **************, has meanwhile put its military on its highest alert level.

The US has warned that it is preparing for “a significant set of attacks” by Iran or its proxies as soon as this week, and has built up its military presence in the Middle East to help defend *******.

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