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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Shaun TANDON

Blinken Back To Middle East To Push For Gaza Truce

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends an East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos on October 11, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left for the Middle East Monday on a new push for an elusive Gaza ceasefire two weeks before US elections, seeing a new opportunity from Israel's killing of Hamas's leader.

It will be the 11th trip to the Middle East by the top US diplomat since war broke out a year ago, with Blinken on his last visit to Israel in August warning it may have been the "last chance" for a US-led ceasefire plan.

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