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Blinken delays Israel visit to next week — official
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during his end-of-year news conference on December 20, 2023, at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delayed his trip to Israel to next week, an official familiar with the matter tells The Times of Israel.
Blinken was slated to arrive in Israel toward the end of the week but will now be arriving early next week, the official says.
The secretary will be making a handful of stops throughout the region.
The delay has nothing to do with the alleged Israeli assassination of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon earlier this evening.
