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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive to Israel on Tuesday, the first stop of a wider Middle East tour aimed at reviving Gaza ceasefire talks and discussing the enclave’s future following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but any breakthrough ahead of the looming US election looks elusive. The top US diplomat’s latest trip – his eleventh to the region since the outbreak of the war in Gaza last year – comes as the Israeli military has intensified its campaign in the Palestinian enclave as well as in Lebanon. Blinken’s planned week-long trip, which will include a stop in Jordan …

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