Washington has dismissed calls from Arab and several other nations for a full ceasefire in the war but wants more temporary and local pauses in fighting to allow aid to get into Gaza and for hostages taken by Hamas to leave
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Blinken was visiting the region for the second time in less than a month to show support for close ally Israel in its response to the October 7 Hamas militant attack on southern Israeli communities that killed some 1,400 people and triggered the war. Aid agencies have warned that a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in the bloodiest episode in decades in the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It said Israeli war planes, artillery and navy had struck Hamas targets overnight, killing several militants including Mustafa Dalul, a Hamas commander it said had directed combat in Gaza. There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas. In one Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a local journalist working for the official Palestine TV and at least nine of his immediate family were killed in their house, relatives and health officials said.
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