
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Israeli, Palestininan and Jordanian leaders to discuss recent violence in Israel and the West Bank that has escalated tensions in the region, officials said on Tuesday.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said he updated the top US diplomat on Tuesday about Israel's efforts to ensure freedom of worship in Jerusalem, after clashes with Israeli riot police on Friday inside the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in which at least 152 Palestinians were wounded.