Antony Blinken Archives - Page 4 of 4

November 3, 2023 3:20 PM

U.S. seeks pauses in Gaza war as Israeli troops encircle city

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Friday to push for humanitarian pauses in the Gaza war after Israel said its troops had surrounded the Palestinian enclave's biggest city, the focus of its drive to wipe out Hamas. Isra...

October 17, 2023 5:33 PM

Gaza aid arrives at the border crossing but no plan for delivery yet

Egyptian aid trucks arrived on Tuesday (October 17) at the only crossing to Gaza not controlled by Israel, but with no agreement in place to deliver relief and the Palestinian side still closed due to strikes it was unclear when they might pass throu...

October 16, 2023 5:45 PM

Blinken says Arab states don’t want Israel-Hamas spillover

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to Israel on Monday (October 16) for meetings after several days of shuttle diplomacy between Arab states, where he said he was to commited to ensuring Israel's conflict with Palestinian militant group ...

October 16, 2023 5:46 PM

Blinken says Egypt’s Rafah border crossing to reopen

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday (October 15) that the Egyptian-controlled border crossing into Gaza would reopen and the U.S. was working with Egypt, Israel and the United Nations to get assistance through it. Hundreds of metri...

October 9, 2023 2:57 PM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy criticises Iran’s role in Ukraine and Israel conflicts

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on October 9 linked the assault by Hamas on Israel with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and criticised Iran over both conflicts. Israel was caught off guard on October 7 when the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas ...