Blinken heads to Mideast as Israel-Hamas war threatens famine

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US top diplomat Antony Blinken was set to return to the Middle East in a new bid to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war.

Palestinians sit in the back of a truck with the shrouded bodies of their relatives killed in overnight Israeli bombardment which hit a building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah on March 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Overnight bombing and battles killed another 90 people, said the health ministry in Hamas-tun Gaza, which put the territory’s overall Palestinian death toll at close to 32,000. Blinken is due to make a Thursday visit to Egypt, the main entry point for aid deliveries to Gaza and a key mediator in truce efforts.

Militants also seized about 250 hostages, of whom Israel believes 130 remain in Gaza, including 33 who are presumed dead. Israel’s spy chief David Barnea kicked off the talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on Monday, but there was little indication of an imminent agreement.

 

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