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US In Gaza Ceasefire Push With UN Vote, Mideast Tour

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators holding a 'red line' at a rally near the White House on June 8, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

The United States stepped up pressure Monday for a Gaza ceasefire with a call for a UN Security Council vote on a truce as it redeployed Washington's top diplomat to the region scarred by eight months of war.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's regional tour was preceded by further bombardment of Gaza by Israeli forces, with witnesses reporting overnight strikes in the centre of the strip and helicopter gunfire on ravaged Gaza City.

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