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Blinken discusses sea route for Gaza aid with Cyprus president

Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides and Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos welcome US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Larnaca airport on 5 November 2023, ahead of talks on the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. © AFP - JONATHAN ERNST

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday to discuss a maritime aid corridor from the island to the heavily bombarded and besieged Gaza Strip.

The talks came as the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said relentless Israeli bombing has killed more than 9,700 people in the Palestinian territory, mostly women and children.

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