The mediators have spent months trying to halt the fighting, efforts that gained new urgency amid rising fears of an all-out war across the Middle East.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East to try to seal a cease-fire deal for Gaza after months of contentious negotiations between regional leaders.Blinken, on his ninth diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the start of the Israel - Hamas war, arrived in Israel on Sunday to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and President Issac Herzog on Monday.
The mediators have spent months trying to halt the fighting, efforts that gained new urgency after the targeted killing of two top militants last month, both attributed to Israel, brought vows of revenge from Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah, raising fears of an all-out war across the Middle East.A senior U.S. administration official said Sunday that what they've heard from Iran is that authorities there want to see a ceasefire.
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