Middle East CrisisBlinken Meets With Egypt’s President as U.S. Pushes for Cease-Fire at U.N.
The New York Times
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is on his sixth wartime trip to the Mideast as part of diplomatic efforts to arrange for an immediate pause in the fighting in Gaza.
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