Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Tuesday to discuss “securing the release of all hostages and ending the conflict in Gaza.”

It is Blinken’s 11th trip to the region since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that sparked the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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