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Express Analysis | Blinken’s new journey amid fading hopes of ceasefire

On his eleventh visit to the region during the conflict, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel this Tuesday in an attempt to revive faint hopes of a possible ceasefire in Gaza, while Israeli attacks in Lebanon continue. The visit by the head of US diplomacy comes against the backdrop of the 101 hostages living in the Palestinian enclave for more than a year and the humanitarian crisis raging in the region, which has led to more than 42,600 deaths.

Blinken will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu less than a week after Israeli troops killed Hamas leader Yahia Sinwar in Gaza. That death has raised hopes that a ceasefire could be reached that would allow detainees to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, although occupation troops have continued to intensify their attacks in the Strip, where this Tuesday On 30 July he ordered a new forced evacuation of the residents. The northern city of Beit Lahiya.

One of the issues the two administrations have been discussing throughout the month of October is whether Israel will respond to Iran’s missile attack on the 1st, which they have declared “deadly” and “stunning” despite the fact that Israel will respond to Iran’s missile attack on the 1st. At the same time, it could not target the nuclear program or energy infrastructure, according to the conversation between Netanyahu and President Joe Biden on the 8th.