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Blinken to visit Israel next week as US awaits Hamas response to ceasefire deal – report
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images/AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return to Israel for the eighth time since the October 7 Hamas terror assault in southern Israel and subsequent war in Gaza, according to unsourced Hebrew media reports.
Reports of his visit come as the US and Israel await Hamas’s response to a proposal for a hostage release and ceasefire deal put forward by Israel and presented by US President Joe Biden last week.
The State Department has not responded to a Times of Israel request for comment.
