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Monday, October 16, 2023
Blinken returns to Israel for crisis talks after Arab tour

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes statements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the media inside the Kirya, which houses the Defense Ministry, after their meeting, Tel Aviv, October 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Israel on Monday for talks on the conflict with Hamas following a tour of six Arab countries, an AFP correspondent traveling with him says.
The top US diplomat, who was in Israel on Thursday on a solidarity visit, landed in Tel Aviv and was expected to again meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
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