US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on with a Middle East crisis tour Tuesday to promote a Gaza ceasefire plan as the country’s military offensive continued to ravage the territory. Visiting Israel, Blinken said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “reaffirmed his commitment” to the truce proposal and that Hamas’s broad welcome for a UN Security Council vote backing it was a “hopeful” sign. Blinken, on his eighth Middle East tour since the war broke out on October 7, also met two Israeli opposition leaders and was then headed to Jordan for a Gaza aid conference. Amid the crisis d…