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Blinken in Israel to push for Gaza truce

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike targeting Beirut's southern suburb of Shayah on October 22, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. [AFP]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel Tuesday to push for a ceasefire in Gaza after his administration called for an end to the war in Lebanon "as soon as possible."

It is his 11th trip to the Middle East since Hamas's attack on Israel more than a year ago triggered the Gaza war, and his first since Israel's conflict with Hezbollah escalated late last month.

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