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Shaun TANDON

Blinken Pushes Deal With Israel Centrists As Truce Elusive

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Tel Aviv with former Israeli army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot and former Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz, both members of the current Israeli war cabinet (Credit: AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday sought to advance a deal to free Gaza hostages in talks with Israeli moderates as he closed a Middle East tour without securing a pause in fighting.

US officials had tempered expectations that Blinken would achieve a breakthrough during his latest visit to the region since the October 7 attack on Israel, and few expected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree immediately to a Qatari-mediated offer.

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