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Blinken arrives in Israel to push for Gaza ceasefire deal
GreenWatch Desk
Diplomacy
2024-06-10, 10:39pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday to push for a much awaited Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, reports BSS.
Blinken, who is on his eighth regional tour since the Gaza war broke out in October, landed in Tel Aviv and immediately headed to Jerusalem to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an AFP journalist travelling with him said.