Blinken lands in Saudi Arabia for talks on Gaza truce deal

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Saudi Arabia to discuss efforts to secure a ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza and ramp up aid deliveries to the Palestinian territory amid the Israel-Hamas war.

The US top diplomat touched down in Jeddah where he was to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, says an AFP journalist on board, the first stop on Blinken’s sixth Middle East tour since the Israel-Hamas war started on October 7.

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