Blinken calls on Israel and Hamas to conclude ceasefire in trip to Middle East
US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken met Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in turn today, urging the conclusion of a Gaza ceasefire.
Mr Blinken said it was a “decisive moment, probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security.”
He said it was important that “no-one takes any steps that could derail this process … [that] there is no escalation, no provocations, no actions that [expand] the conflict to other places and to greater intensity.”
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