US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will travel to Israel on Friday, adding a new stop to his Middle East tour amid tensions between the US and ally Israel over the conduct of the war in Gaza, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said today. . Blinken arrived in Jeddah, in the western part of Saudi Arabia, today for talks with the Saudi leadership on ways to find a ceasefire agreement in the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas. He is expected to fly to Egypt on Thursday, before visiting Israel. The US top diplomat is returning to the Middle East for his sixth visit since war broke out in Gaza in October to push for a ceasefire deal and the release of hostages held by Hamas. The visit comes amid tension over Israeli plans for a military offensive on Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Source: News Beast
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