Rubio lands in Israel to discuss war on Gaza
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Jerusalem on Sunday to douse blazing tensions between U.S. allies and try to pick up the pieces of talks to end the war in Gaza.
Mr Rubio’s trip proceeded despite President Donald Trump’s reported anger at Mr Netanyahu over the Israeli strike in Doha
Speaking to reporters before departure, Rubio reiterated that the US and President Donald Trump were not happy about the strikes. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio headed to Israel on Saturday, amid tensions with fellow US allies in the Middle East over Israel's strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar and the expansion of settlements in the West Bank.