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Washington’s top diplomat Antony Blinken said on Saturday (Jan 6) that he wants to make sure the conflict in the Middle East “doesn’t spread”, as he held meetings in Türkiye and Greece.
Blinken, on a new tour of the Middle East, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Crete on Saturday, a few hours after a long meeting in Istanbul with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“One of the real concerns is the border between Israel and Lebanon, and we want to do everything possible to make sure we see no escalation,” he told journalists in Crete after the meeting.
Blinken said it was in nobody’s interest to escalate the conflict or allow it to spread beyond Gaza.
Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas militants from Gaza after their lightning attack on Oct 7, which resulted in the deaths of around 1,140 people, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
Israel since then has been carrying out a relentless bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza that has killed at least 22,722 people, according to the territory’s health ministry.
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