Reuters. On his third visit to the Middle East since the war began, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday (November 30).
Earlier that day, Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and said that efforts were continuing to prolong the Israel Hamas truce, while they discuss the next phase.
Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (November 30) in Jerusalem.
Earlier that day, Blinken said that efforts were continuing to prolong the truce, while Netanyahu said ahead of the meeting that they will discuss the next phase.
Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire for a seventh day, and Washington said it hoped the truce could be extended further to free more hostages and let aid reach Gaza.
The truce has let some humanitarian aid into Gaza after much of the coastal territory of 2.3 million people was reduced to wasteland by seven weeks of Israeli bombardment in retaliation for a deadly rampage by Hamas.
