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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday as part of ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza war. Talks with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant were also planned. On Tuesday morning, Blinken is scheduled to meet Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Blinken said earlier Monday in Egypt, where he met President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, that only the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group had not agreed to the ceasefire plan presented by US President Joe Biden. “So the only party that has not accepted, the only party that’s not said …

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