Blinken’s visit is the eleventh to the region since the October 7, 2023 attack, which led to the outbreak of… The Israeli war on Gazaat a time when it intensified Israeli army His campaign in the Gaza Strip, as well as in Lebanon, was against a group Hezbollah.
Blinken is scheduled to meet today, Tuesday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And the Minister of Defense Yoav Galant And other officials, as part of a week-long visit to the Middle East that also includes Jordan And Qatar.
Diplomatic efforts have not yet resulted in stopping the war that has been going on for more than a year Gaza Strip And the related conflict between the Hezbollah group and Israel in LebanonThe intensity of which has escalated greatly in the past few weeks after the exchange of fire across the border over the course of a year.
The Hezbollah group said on Tuesday morning that it had fired a barrage of rockets at two Israeli military bases near Tel Aviv and a naval base west of Haifa.