State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuji considering visiting Israel and Palestine. As Israel appears poised to carry out a ground operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Deputy Foreign Minister Tsuji will discuss Israel and the Palestinian Territories next week.
In Israel, he is coordinating meetings with Foreign Minister Katz and other government officials, and is also scheduled to meet with the families of those held hostage in the Hamas attack. Meanwhile, we are also arranging talks with foreign Minister Maliki of the Palestinian Authority.