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Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israeli officials on the need to increase the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip, he told reporters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, a day after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The U.S. secretary of state, visiting Israel, said the killing of Hamas’s leader last week could create an opening for peace, and he pushed the Israeli prime minister to allow more aid into Gaza.