Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a visit to Israel on Oct. 22, in hopes of pushing along a cease-fire to end the Israel–Hamas war.
The Tuesday visit marks Blinken’s 11th trip to the Middle East since the outbreak of the current war on Oct. 7, 2023.
He arrived just days after Israeli forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a gun battle in southern Gaza.
Israel saw Sinwar as a mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in south Israel, in which the terrorist group took around 250 hostages, left around 1,200 people dead, and set off the current Gaza conflict….