US has raised issue of establishment of a buffer zone with Israel - State Dept

The United States has raised with Israel the issue of the establishment of a buffer zone in Gaza, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters, adding that Washington opposes any reduction in the size of Gaza territory.

Asked about the raid on a hospital in Jenin and the destruction of a university in Gaza, Miller said he had no update on an assessment of the raid but that the United States had raised the issue of demolition of sites and Israel reported they were conducted only when they were sites from which terrorist activities were launched, plotted or planned.